Cneius Magius
Family: Pompeian · Role: engineer-general · First appears: The Civil War, Book I, 21–26
Life events
- Caesar released the captured Cneius Magius and sent him to Pompey with a message seeking an interview.(The Civil War, Book I, 21–26)
The Civil War, Book I, 21–26
- commander: Pompey “Cneius Magius, from Cremona, engineer-general to Pompey, was taken prisoner on the road and brought to Caesar, but sent back by him to Pompey with this message: ‘As hitherto he had not been allowed an interview, and was now on his march to him at Brundusium, that it deeply concerned the commonwealth and general safety that he should have an interview with Pompey; and that the same advantage could not be gained at a great distance when the proposals were conveyed to them by others, as if terms were argued by them both in person.’”
- commander: Caesar “Cneius Magius, from Cremona, engineer-general to Pompey, was taken prisoner on the road and brought to Caesar, but sent back by him to Pompey with this message:”
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Extracted from the original text of Caesar's Commentaries — The Gallic War and The Civil War. Made with Rho MD.