(Dion Cassius, 42. c.
58.)]
[Footnote 562: Comp. the _African War_, c. 1.]
[Footnote 563: Dion Cassius (42. c. 58) calls him Salatto. Suetonius
(_Caesar_, c. 59) also tells the same story. The African campaign is
told by Dion Cassius, 43. c. 1, &c.]
[Footnote 564: Scipio avoided fighting as long as he could. Thapsus
was situated on a kind of peninsula, south of Hadrumetum, as Dion
Cassius states. But his description is not clear. There were salt-pans
near it, which were separated from the sea by a very narrow tract.
Caesar occupied this approach to Thapsus, and then formed his lines
about the town in the form of a crescent. Scipio came to relieve
Thapsus, and this brought on a battle. (_African War_, 80.) Caesar
could not stop the slaughter after the battle was won.]
[Footnote 565: Petreius, Caesar's former opponent in Spain, fled with
Juba to Zama, where Juba had his family and his treasures. But the
people would not receive Juba into the place. On which, after rambling
about for some time with Petreius, in despair they determined to fight
with one another that they might die like soldiers. Juba, who was
strong, easily killed Petreius, and then with the help of a slave he
killed himself. (_African War_, 94; Dion Cassius, 43, c. 8.)
Scipio attempted to escape to Spain on ship-board. Near Hippo Regius
(Bona) he was in danger of falling into the hands of P. Silius, on
which he stabbed himself.
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