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Quotation from The Civil War by Julius Caesar
“When they were brought before him he protected them from the insolence and taunts of the soldiers; told them in few words that they had not made him a grateful return, on their part, for his very extraordinary kindness to them, and dismissed them all in safety”
The Civil War, Book I.23, trans. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn (1869)
At Corfinium Caesar releases the captured senators and knights, the founding act of his policy of clemency.
Citation: "When they were brought before him he protected them from the insolence and taunts of the soldiers; told them in few words that they had not made him a grateful return, on their part, for his very extraordinary kindness to them, and dismissed them all in safety" — Julius Caesar, The Civil War, Book I.23, trans. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn (1869). (id the-civil-war-q2)
Portrait: Retrato de Julio César (26724093101) (cropped), Ángel M. Felicísimo from Mérida, España, Public domain.
