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Battle of Munda, 45 BCE

Rōmam regressus: Caesar spent the summer of 46 BCE in Rome, held a fourfold triumph, reorganized the calendar and had himself appointed dictator for ten years and elected consul again for 45 BCE (Bird).

Cn. Pompēius: Gnaeus Pompey had gone into Spain and had gathered around him adventurers of all sorts. At first Caesar had sent officers to subdue the revolt, but finding their efforts unsuccessful, he took command in person. After encountering great personal danger, he gained a complete victory. Thirty thousand of the vanquished perished. Gnaeus Pompey escaped from the field, but was afterward overtaken and slain. Sextus, the younger son of Pompey, was the only leader of the original rebellion left (Hazzard).

apud Mundam cīvitātem: see Munda

adeō Caesar paene victus est ut: "so nearly that..." adeō anticipates a result clause (AG 537).

fugientibus suīs: ablative absolute with present active participle (AG 419)

nē ... venīret: “so that he would not come,” "to avoid coming," negative purpose clause (AG 531)

nātus annōs sex et quīnquāgintā: i.e., at the age of fifty-six. nātus, the perfect active participle of the deponent verb nascor, is often used to denote age (LS nascor II.C.c).

reparātīs suīs: "after rallying his troops," ablative absolute with a perfect passive participle (AG 419)

māior occīsus est, minor fūgit: Gnaeus Pompey was killed, but Sextus Pompey escaped.