3Domitius Ahenobarbus, too, by calling him Agamemnon, and King of Kings, made him odious. And Favonius was no less displeasing to him than those who used a bolder speech, when he bawled out his untimely jest: “O men, this year, also, shall we eat no figs of Tusculum?” And Lucius Afranius, who lay under a charge of treachery for having lost his forces in Spain,88He was accused of taking a bribe from Caesar for the surrender of the Spains (see the Caesar, xli. 2). on seeing Pompey now avoiding a battle with Caesar, said he was astonished that his accusers did not go forth and fight this trafficker in provinces.
Notes
[88] He was accused of taking a bribe from Caesar for the surrender of the Spains (see the Caesar, xli. 2).