(Life of C. Gracchus,
c. 11, notes.)]
[Footnote 582: In B.C. 45 Caesar was consul for the fourth time and
without a colleague. But he laid down the office before the end of the
year, and Quintus Fabius Maximus and C. Trebonius were appointed
consuls; the first instance of consuls being appointed for a part of
the year, which afterwards became a common practice. (Dion Cassius,
43. c. 46.) The appointment of C. Caninius is mentioned by Cicero (_Ad
Diversos_, vii. 30), who remarks that nobody dined in that consulship,
and that the consul was so vigilant that he did not sleep during his
term of office: in fact he was consul for only part of a day. An
inscription records the consulships of this year. (Note to Cicero in
the Variorum edition.)]
[Footnote 583: On the intended Parthian expedition of Caesar, see Dion
Cassius, 43. c. 51.]
[Footnote 584: This design of Caesar is mentioned by Dion Cassius (44.
c. 5), Suetonius (_Caesar_, 441), and Plinius (_H.N._ iv. 4).]
[Footnote 585: This scheme is not mentioned by any other author that I
can find. Circaeum, or Circeii, as the Romans called it, is the
mountain promontory, now Circello or Circeo, between which and
Tarracina lies the southern part of the Pomptine marshes. The intended
cut must therefore run nearly in the direction of the Via Appia and to
the west of it. But considerable cuttings would be required on that
more elevated part of the Campagna which lies between the mountains of
Alba and the nearest part of the coast.
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