Note 109 — TRANSLATION
Clayton Morris Hall translation
See Appian 2, 107, 109; Dio 44, 7. Caesar’s motive in dismissing his guard was found to be difficult to explain by those who afterward sought for causes. To many it could not but seem almost suicidal negligence (Suet., Caes., 86); certainly his course did not meet with the favor of his more prudent adherents: ‘laudandum experientia consilium est Pansae atque Hirti, qui semper praedixerant Caesari ut principatum armis quaesitum armis teneret’ (Vell. 2, 57, 1).