Life of Cato the Younger, 1.35.2

Plutarch  translated by Bernadotte Perrin

« Plut. Cat. Mi. 35 | Plut. Cat. Mi. 35 | Plut. Cat. Mi. 36 | About This Work »

2He himself, however, tarried at Rhodes, making his preparations and awaiting his answers.

Meanwhile Ptolemy the king of Egypt, who had quarrelled with the citizens of Alexandria and forsaken the city in wrath, and was now on his way to Rome in the hope that Pompey and Caesar would restore him again with an armed force, wished to have an interview with Cato, and sent a messenger to him, expecting that Cato would come to him.

« Plut. Cat. Mi. 35 | Plut. Cat. Mi. 35 | Plut. Cat. Mi. 36 | About This Work »