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Doesn’t mean it’s false. Just because those happened before doesn’t mean Caesar did not cry upon seeing Pompey’s head. A common trope does not prove it is false. And maybe Octavian did cry at seeing Antony’s body. It’s not impossible or ASB.
That quote only gives the circumstances of Pompey’s murder, not that Caesar had anything to do with it, or Caesar’s reAction to it when he learned of the murder.
“Cordially greeted by them (Tolomey’s regency), put at ease by the presence of Lucius Septimius, who had commanded a century in his army during the war with the pirates, Pompey jumped on a small vessel with few of his men: here he was murdered by Achillas and Septimius.”
Caesar, Bellum Civile
I mean, real heartbroken, right?
Also, Polibius says that Antiochus III cried at the sight of Acheus, a rebel satrap, imprisoned, and Cassius Dio claims that Octavian cried once he saw Antony’s body in Alexandria. It’s a common trope, one we shouldn’t give that much credence.
Doesn’t mean it’s false. Just because those happened before doesn’t mean Caesar did not cry upon seeing Pompey’s head. A common trope does not prove it is false. And maybe Octavian did cry at seeing Antony’s body. It’s not impossible or ASB.
That quote only gives the circumstances of Pompey’s murder, not that Caesar had anything to do with it, or Caesar’s reAction to it when he learned of the murder.