Note 742 — LIFE OF CATO. (continued 2)

Cn. Pompeius, the elder son of Pompeius Magnus is meant. It is conjectured that the word "young" (νέον) has fallen out of the text (compare c. 58). He had been sent by his father to get ships, and he arrived with an Egyptian fleet on the coast of Epirus shortly before the battle of Pharsalus. On the news of the defeat of Pompeius Magnus, the Egyptians left him (Dion Cassius, 42. c. 12).