Some such spectacle of nations crowding upon nations, and some such
Babylonian confusion of dresses, complexions, languages, and jargons, was
then witnessed at Rome. Accommodations within doors, and under roofs of
houses, or of temples, was altogether impossible. Myriads encamped along
the streets, and along the high-roads in the vicinity of Rome. Myriads of
myriads lay stretched on the ground, without even the slight protection of
tents, in a vast circuit about the city. Multitudes of men, even senators,
and others of the highest rank, were trampled to death in the crowds. And
the whole family of man seemed at that time gathered together at the
bidding of the great Dictator. But these, or any other themes connected
with the public life of Caesar, we notice only in those circumstances which
have been overlooked, or partially represented by historians. Let us now,
in conclusion, bring forward, from the obscurity in which they have
hitherto lurked, the anecdotes which describe the habits of his private
life, his tastes, and personal peculiarities.
In person, he was tall, fair, and of limbs distinguished for their elegant
proportions and gracility.
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