Quam praeclarum tributae humanitatis specimen Cn. Pompeius, quam miserabile desideratae idem evasit exemplum! nam qui Tigranis tempora insigni regio texerat, eius caput, tribus coronis triumphalibus spoliatum, in suo modo terrarum orbe nusquam sepulturae locum habuit, sed abscisum a corpore, inops rogi, nefarium Aegyptiae perfidiae munus portatum est, etiam ipsi victori miserabile: ut enim id Caesar aspexit, oblitus hostis soceri vultum induit ac Pompeio cum proprias tum et filiae suae lacrimas reddidit, caput autem plurimis et pretiosissimis odoribus cremandum curavit.
How illustrious an example of humanity accorded was Cn. Pompeius and how pitiable an example of humanity found lacking! The head of him who had covered Tigranes temples with the emblem of royalty was despoiled of its three triumphal crowns and in the world which had lately been its own had nowhere a place of burial; severed from its body and lacking a pyre, it was carried as the wicked gift of Egyptian treachery, pitiable even to the victor. For when Caesar saw it, he forgot the role of enemy and put on the countenance of a father-in-law and gave tears to Pompey, his own and his daughters too; and he had the head cremated with an abundance of the costliest perfumes.
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