Note 338 — LIFE OF POMPEIUS. (continued 2)
George Long translation
C. Scribonius Curio. Compare the Life of M. Antonius, c. 2. He was a man of ability, but extravagant in his habits (Dion Cassius, 40. c. 60):—
"Momentumque fuit mutatus Curio rerum, Gallorum captus spoliis et Cæsaris auro."— Lucanus, Pharsalia, iv. 819
As to the vote on the proposition of Curio, Appianus (Civil Wars, ii. 30) agrees with Plutarch. Dion Cassius (40. c. 64: and 41. c. 2) gives a different account of this transaction.