5Pompey himself approved of those physicians who never gratify the morbid desires of their patients, and yet he yielded to the diseased passion of his followers, for fear of offending if he tried to heal and save them. For how can one say that those men were sound and well, some of whom were already going about among the soldiers and canvassing for consulships and praetorships, while Spinther, Domitius, and Scipio were quarrelling, scheming, and conspiring over the pontificate of Caesar,89Since 63 B.C., Caesar had been pontifex maximus. Cf. Bell. Civ. iii. 83.
Notes
[89] Since 63 B.C., Caesar had been pontifex maximus. Cf. Bell. Civ. iii. 83.