Note 924 — Chapter X · EVENTS OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE YEAR 705.

“Cæsar has received a terrible blow: T. Labienus, who had so much influence in his army, has refused to become his accomplice: he has left him and has joined us. This example will have numerous imitators.” (Cicero, Epist. Familiar., XVI. 12.)—“Labienus considers Cæsar as utterly unable to maintain the struggle.” (Cicero, Epist. ad Atticum, VII. 16.)