The appearance
of the place corresponds very well with Strabo's description (p. 561),
in whose time it was the capital of Zelitis. (Hamilton's _Asia Minor_,
i. 361.)]
[Footnote 557: This is the best MS. reading, not Amintius; the true
name is probably C. Matius. He was an intimate friend of Caesar, and he
is well spoken of by Cicero. He remained faithful to the cause of
Caesar after his death, and he attached himself to Octavianus. There is
a letter of Cicero to Matius, with the answer of Matius (Cicero, _Ad
Diversos_, xi. 27, 28) written after Caesar's death, which shows him to
have been a man of honour and courage, and worthy of the name of
Caesar's friend.
This letter of Caesar's is probably a forgery of the anecdote-makers.
Davis (note to Oudendorp's Caesar, ii. 992) has indicated the probable
source of this supposed letter. (Suetonius, _Caesar_, c. 37.) The
battle was a smart affair of several hours, and was not won without
some loss.]
[Footnote 558: He was named Dictator for B.C. 47 by the Senate in Rome
immediately after the battle of Pharsalia: he was at Alexandria when
he received this news. He appointed M. Antonius his Master of the
Horse and sent him to Rome. (Dion Cassius, 42. c. 21-33.)]
[Footnote 559: It broke out during his dictatorship. (Suetonius,
_Caesar_, c. 70; Dion Cassius, 42. c. 52.) The story is told very
circumstantially by Appianus (_Civil Wars_, ii.
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