Note 785 — Chapter XCVI · FROM THE LAMIAN WAR TO THE CLOSE OF THE HISTORY OF FREE HELLAS AND HELLENISM.
Reading edition
The fine lines of Lucan (Phars. vii. 640) on the effects of the battle of Pharsalia, may be cited here:—
“Majus ab hac acie, quam quod sua sæcula ferrent, Vulnus habent populi: plus est quam vita salusque Quod perit: in totum mundi prosternimur ævum. Vincitur his gladiis omnis, quæ serviet, ætas. Proxima quid soboles, aut quid meruere nepotes, In regnum nasci?” etc.