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title: "The Deified Julius · Divus Julius"
author: "Suetonius"
translator: "John C. Rolfe"
languages: [la, en]
shelf: "Classical Latin"
section: 31 of 89
url: https://scriptura.si/works/suetonius-divus-julius-rolfe-1914/31/
cite: "Suetonius, tr. John C. Rolfe, The Deified Julius · Divus Julius, section 31. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/suetonius-divus-julius-rolfe-1914/31/"
---

# The Deified Julius · Divus Julius

*Suetonius, tr. John C. Rolfe*

## 31. Chapter 31

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/suetonius-divus-julius-rolfe-1914/31/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/suetonius-divus-julius-rolfe-1914/31/#p-N

[¶0] Accordingly, when word came that the veto of the tribunes had been set aside and they themselves had left the city, he at once sent on a few cohorts with all secrecy, and then, to disarm suspicion, concealed his purpose by appearing at a public show, inspecting the plans of a gladiatorial school which he intended building, and joining as usual in a banquet with a large company.

> Latin: Cum ergo sublatam tribunorum intercessionem ipsosque urbe cessisse nuntiatum esset,esset, G.; est, Y'; the other mss. omit the word. praemissis confestim clam cohortibus, ne qua suspicio moveretur, et spectaculo publico per dissimulationem interfuit et formam, qua ludum gladiatorium erat aedificaturus, consideravit et ex consuetudine convivio se frequenti dedit.

[¶1] It was not until after sunset that he set out very privily with a small company, taking the mules from a bakeshop hard by and harnessing them to a carriage; and when his lights went out and he lost his way, he was astray for some time, but at last found a guide at dawn and got back to the road on foot by narrow by-paths. Then, overtaking his cohorts at the river Rubicon, which was the boundary of his province, he paused for a while, and realising what a step he was taking, he turned to those about him and said: Even yet we may turn back; but once cross yon little bridge, and the whole issue is with the sword.

> Latin: Dein post solis occasum mulis e proximo pistrino ad vehiculum iunctis occultissimum iter modico comitatu ingressus est; et cum luminibus extinctis decessisset via, diu errabundus tandem ad lucem duce reperto per angustissimos tramites pedibus evasit. Consecutusque cohortis ad Rubiconem flumen, qui provinciae eius finis erat, paulum constitit, ac reputans quantum moliretur, conversus ad proximos : Etiam nunc, inquit, regredi possumus; quod si ponticulum transierimus, omnia armis agenda erunt.