---
title: "The Deified Julius · Divus Julius"
author: "Suetonius"
translator: "John C. Rolfe"
languages: [la, en]
shelf: "Classical Latin"
section: 62 of 89
url: https://scriptura.si/works/suetonius-divus-julius-rolfe-1914/62/
cite: "Suetonius, tr. John C. Rolfe, The Deified Julius · Divus Julius, section 62. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/suetonius-divus-julius-rolfe-1914/62/"
---

# The Deified Julius · Divus Julius

*Suetonius, tr. John C. Rolfe*

## 62. Chapter 62

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/suetonius-divus-julius-rolfe-1914/62/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/suetonius-divus-julius-rolfe-1914/62/#p-N

[¶0] When his army gave way, he often rallied it single-handed, planting himself in the way of the fleeing men, laying hold of them one by one, and even catching them by the throat and forcing them to face the enemy; that, too, when they were in such a panic that an eagle-bearer made a pass at him with the point as he tried to stop him, while another left the standard in Caesar’s hand when he would hold him back.

> Latin: Inclinatam aciem solus saepe restituit obsistens fugientibus retinensque singulos et contortis faucibus convertens in hostem et quidem adeo plerumque trepidos, ut aquiliferaquilifer, Egnatius; aquilifero, Ω. moranti se cuspide sit comminatus, alius in manu detinentis reliquerit signum.

*Note: The standard of the legion was a silver eagle with outstretched wings, mounted on a pole which had a sharp point at the other end, so that it could be set firmly in the ground.*