# Sallust, Historiae 2.98 Maurenbrecher (= 2.82 McGushin; 2.86 Ramsey), Epistula Cn. Pompei ad senatum, §4. Latin from the Loeb (Rolfe 1921) OCR in editions/Sallust_Loeb_Rolfe_1921__sallustsa00sall_djvu.txt lines 17906-17911, corrected against the OCR by eye.

[2.98.4] ... hostisque in cervicibus iam Italiae agentis ab Alpibus in Hispaniam submovi; per eas iter aliud atque Hannibal, nobis opportunius, patefeci.



# English (Loeb, J. C. Rolfe 1921, pp. 415-417; OCR from archive.org sallustsa00sall):
LETTER OF GNAEUS POMPEIUS, 4-9 

commander I had j^aised and equipped an army and 
driven the enemj^, who were ah*eady at the throat 
of Italy, from the Alps into Spain ; and over those 
mountains I had opened for you another and more 
convenient route than Hannibal had taken. I re- 
covered Gjiul, the Pyrenees,, Lacetania, and the 
Indigetes ; with raw soldiers and far inferior num- 
bers I withstood the first onslaught of triumphant 
Sertorius ; and I spent the winter in camp amid the 
most savage of foes, not in the towns or in adding to 
my own popularity. ^ 

Why need I enumerate our battles or our winter 
campaigns, the towns which we destroyed or cap- 
tured ? Actions speak louder than words. The 
taking of the enemy's camp at Sucro, the battle at 
the River Turia, and the destruction of Gaius 
Herennius, leader of the enemy, together with his 
army and the city of Valentia, are well enough 
known to you. In return for these, grateful fathers, 
you give me want and hunger. Thus the condition 
of my army and of that of the enemj'^ is the same ; 
for neither is paid and either can march victo- 
rious into Italy. 2 Of this situation I warn you 
and I beg you to give it your attention ; do not 
force me to provide for my necessities on my own 
responsibility. Hither Spain, so