Pompeius vero Magnus in acie Pharsalica victus a Caesare, fuga quaerens salutem cursu in insulam Cyprum, ut aliquid in eam virium contraheret, classem direxit, appellensque ad oppidum Paphum conspexit in litore speciosum aedificium gubernatoremque interrogavit quod ei nomen esset.
When Pompey the Great was defeated by Caesar at the battle of Pharsalia, he sought safety in flight and directed his fleet to the island of Cyprus in the hope of gathering some force there. Putting in at the town of Paphos, he observed a handsome edifice on shore and asked the skipper its name.
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