Note 29 — Chapter VI · CLEOPATRA AND CÆSAR IN THE BESIEGED PALACE AT ALEXANDRIA.
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It is usually stated that Cæsar remained in Egypt chiefly because he was in need of money, as is suggested by Dion, xlii. 9 and 34; Oros, vi. 15, 29, and Plutarch, 48. But the small sum which he took from the Egyptians is against this theory.