(Dion Cassius, 42. c. 43, and the notes of Reimarus.) His
body was found. (Florus, ii. 60.)]
[Footnote 555: Caesar did not add Egypt to the Roman Empire. He married
Kleopatra to her younger brother, who was a boy. Dion says that he
still continued his commerce with Kleopatra. Caesar was nine months in
Egypt, from October 48 to July 47 of the unreformed Kalendar.
Caesarion, a Greek form from the word Caesar, may have been Caesar's son,
for there is no doubt that Caesar cohabited with Kleopatra in Egypt.
There is more about this Caesarion in Suetonius, _Caesar_, c. 52, where
the reading is doubtful; _Caesar Octavian_. c. 17. When Caesar
Octavianus took Egypt he put Caesarion to death.]
[Footnote 556: He had been acknowledged by Pompeius as king of the
Bosporus after the death of his father. He was now in Asia Minor,
where he had taken Amisus and had castrated all the male children.
Caesar after hearing of the defeat of Domitius Calvinus, his legatus,
by Pharnakos, advanced against him and routed his army. Zela is eight
hours south of Amasia, the birthplace of Strabo, and about 40 deg. 15' N.
lat. Pharnakes was afterwards murdered by Asander, one of his
generals. (Appianus, _Civil Wars_, ii. 91; Dion Cassius, 42, 46;
_Bell. Alexandria_, c. 72.)
The modern town of Zilleh, which contains 2000 houses, stands on the
site of Zela. A hill rises abruptly above the plain near the centre of
the present town, and occupies a commanding position.
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