71So then, when the Pharsalian plain was filled with men and horses and arms and the signals for battle had been lifted on both sides, the first to rush out from Caesar’s lines was Caius Crassianus,93The name is Crastinus in Caesar’s own story of the battle (Bell. Civ. iii. 91). a centurion in command of one hundred and twenty men, who was thus redeeming a great promise made to Caesar.
Notes
[93] The name is Crastinus in Caesar’s own story of the battle (Bell. Civ. iii. 91).