Note 119 — Chapter XXIV · FROM PHARSALIA TO THE DEATH OF CATO
Reading edition
[Florusd says: “Scipio got off in a ship but, as the enemy overtook him, he thrust his sword into his bowels; and when some one asked where he was, he returned this answer: ‘The general is well.’” Appianf says: “he ran his sword through his body, and threw himself into the sea.”]