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Compare Dion Cassius, 40. c. 65, and Appianus, Civil Wars, ii. 29. The illness of Pompeius and the return of the legions from Gaul took place in the year B.C. 50. The legions were not sent to Syria, but both wintered in Capua. Some of the great Roman churches are called Basilicæ, and in their construction bear some resemblance to the antient Basilicæ. Compare the Life of M. Antonius, c. 2.
He spent the winter in Dioscuri, as Appianus calls it, or Dioscurias on the east coast of the Euxine; and afterwards entered the countries bordering on the Mæotis or sea of Azoff. The other two had been put to death by their father. The young Tigranes appeared in the triumph of Pompeius at Rome and then was put to death. The kings wore it upright to distinguish them from other people.
Cassius surrendered and was kindly treated, in consideration of which he afterwards assisted to murder Cæsar. The temple was pulled down by the Jews in their rising in Egypt during the time of Trajanus. The history of the Alexandrine war by Appianus was in his Ægyptiaca, which is lost. But it could not be the sole cause.
The explanation of Appianus is probably the true explanation. Instances of women serving as soldiers are not uncommon even in modern warfare. The story of a race of fighting women occurs in many ancient writers. It is probable that the women of the mountain tribes of the Caucasus sometimes served in the field, and this at least may explain the story here told by Plutarch.
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