IN CAESAR’S HANDS

With the fall of Corfinium, the road south was finally open. The surrender of Ahenobarbus’ cohorts had certainly set an example. Here is Caesar’s own version.¹ Pompey – once informed of Ahenobarbus’ surrender – moved from Luceria to Canusium and then to Brundisium. He mustered new recruits; he armed slaves and shepherds, forming a body of some 300 horsemen. The praetor Torquatus escaped from Alba Fucens with six cohorts, the praetor Lupus from Tarracina with three; in fear, they moved across to Vibius Curius. Other cohorts fell in with Caesar’s army and cavalry in later stages; Numerius Magius was captured