60And now word was brought that Caesar had seized Ariminum,79In January, 49 B.C. See the Caesar, chapter xxxii. a large city of Italy, and was marching directly upon Rome with all his forces. But this was false. For he was marching with no more than three hundred horsemen and five thousand men-at-arms; the rest of his forces were beyond the Alps, and he did not wait for them, since he wished to fall upon his enemies suddenly, when they were in confusion and did not expect him, rather than to give them time and fight them after they were prepared.
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[79] In January, 49 B.C. See the Caesar, chapter xxxii.