C. 197.]
[Footnote 370: [Greek: ton phoinikoun chitona]. Shakspere has employed
this in his Julius Caesar, Act V. Sc. 1:
"Their bloody sign of battle is hung out."
Plutarch means the Vexillum. He has expressed by his word ([Greek:
protheinai] ) the 'propono' of Caesar (_Bell. Gall._ ii. 20; _Bell.
Hispan._ c. 28, _Bell. Alexandr._ c. 45). The 'hung out' is a better
translation than 'unfurled.']
[Footnote 371: Plutarch in this as in some other instances places the
Praenomen last, instead of first which he ought to do; but immediately
after he writes Lucius Domitius correctly. The error may be owing to
the copyists.
The order of the battle is described by Caesar (_Civil War_, iii. 89).
Plutarch here and in the Life of Caesar (c. 44) says that Pompeius
commanded the right, but Caesar says that he was on the left. Domitius,
that is, L. Domitius Ahenobarbus (Consul B.C. 54), may have commanded
under him. Cn. Domitius Calvinus (Consul B.C. 53), whom Plutarch calls
Calvinus Lucius, commanded Caesar's centre. The account of Appianus
(_Civil Wars_, ii. 76) does not agree with Caesar's.]
[Footnote 372: See Caesar B.C. (iii. 88), and Appianus (ii. 79), who
quotes Caesar's letters.]
[Footnote 373: The whole number of Italian troops on both sides was
about 70,000, as Plutarch says in the next chapter. There were also
other troops on both sides (Appianus, _Civil Wars_, ii.
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