Source 1:
Plutarch Julius Caesar 48.5-49
48.5 As for the war in Egypt, some say that it was not necessary, but due to Caesar's passion for
Cleopatra, and that it was inglorious and full of peril for him …. 49. So Cleopatra, taking only
Apollodorus the Sicilian from among her friends, embarked in a little skiff and landed at the palace
when it was already getting dark; and as it was impossible to escape notice otherwise, she stretched
herself at full length inside a bed-sack, while Apollodorus tied the bed-sack up with a cord and
carried it indoors to Caesar. It was by this device of Cleopatra's, it is said, that Caesar was first
captivated, for she showed herself to be a bold coquette, and succumbing to the charm of further
intercourse with her, he reconciled her to her brother on the basis of a joint share with him in the
royal power.
Plutarch Julius Caesar 48.5-49
48.5 As for the war in Egypt, some say that it was not necessary, but due to Caesar's passion for
Cleopatra, and that it was inglorious and full of peril for him …. 49. So Cleopatra, taking only
Apollodorus the Sicilian from among her friends, embarked in a little skiff and landed at the palace
when it was already getting dark; and as it was impossible to escape notice otherwise, she stretched
herself at full length inside a bed-sack, while Apollodorus tied the bed-sack up with a cord and
carried it indoors to Caesar. It was by this device of Cleopatra's, it is said, that Caesar was first
captivated, for she showed herself to be a bold coquette, and succumbing to the charm of further
intercourse with her, he reconciled her to her brother on the basis of a joint share with him in the
royal power.
Source 6:
Horace Epode 9.11-17
Alas, (how they will deny it in times to come!)
that Romans could bear arms and war equipment,
enslaved to a woman! or that soldiers could be
commanded by wrinkled eunuchs!
And among the standards of the army,
the sun spies a shameful sight, a canopied couch.
At this, a legion of Gallic cavalry, grumbling
[in disgust], deserts [Antony and Cleopatra],
singing the praises of Caesar [Augustus].
Horace Epode 9.11-17
Alas, (how they will deny it in times to come!)
that Romans could bear arms and war equipment,
enslaved to a woman! or that soldiers could be
commanded by wrinkled eunuchs!
And among the standards of the army,
the sun spies a shameful sight, a canopied couch.
At this, a legion of Gallic cavalry, grumbling
[in disgust], deserts [Antony and Cleopatra],
singing the praises of Caesar [Augustus].
Source 8:
Suetonius Julius Caesar 52
He had love affairs with queens too … but above all with Cleopatra, with whom he often feasted
until daybreak, and he would have gone through Egypt with her in her state-barge almost to
Aethiopia, had not his soldiers refused to follow him. Finally he called her to Rome and did not let
her leave until he had ladened her with high honours and rich gifts, and he allowed her to give his
name to the child which she bore. In fact, according to certain Greek writers, this child was very like. Caesar in looks and carriage. Mark Antony declared to the senate that Caesar had really
acknowledged the boy, and that Gaius Matius, Gaius Oppius, and other friends of Caesar knew this.
Source 9:
Plutarch Julius Caesar 48.5-49
48.5 As for the war in Egypt, some say that it was not necessary, but due to Caesar's passion for
Cleopatra, and that it was inglorious and full of peril for him …. 49. So Cleopatra, taking only
Apollodorus the Sicilian from among her friends, embarked in a little skiff and landed at the palace
when it was already getting dark; and as it was impossible to escape notice otherwise, she stretched
herself at full length inside a bed-sack, while Apollodorus tied the bed-sack up with a cord and
carried it indoors to Caesar. It was by this device of Cleopatra's, it is said, that Caesar was first
captivated, for she showed herself to be a bold coquette, and succumbing to the charm of further
intercourse with her, he reconciled her to her brother on the basis of a joint share with him in the
royal power.
Plutarch Julius Caesar 48.5-49
48.5 As for the war in Egypt, some say that it was not necessary, but due to Caesar's passion for
Cleopatra, and that it was inglorious and full of peril for him …. 49. So Cleopatra, taking only
Apollodorus the Sicilian from among her friends, embarked in a little skiff and landed at the palace
when it was already getting dark; and as it was impossible to escape notice otherwise, she stretched
herself at full length inside a bed-sack, while Apollodorus tied the bed-sack up with a cord and
carried it indoors to Caesar. It was by this device of Cleopatra's, it is said, that Caesar was first
captivated, for she showed herself to be a bold coquette, and succumbing to the charm of further
intercourse with her, he reconciled her to her brother on the basis of a joint share with him in the
royal power.