All the friends of Pompeius urged him with one accord to make peace, except Menodorus, who wrote to him from Sardinia either to prosecute the war vigorously or still to procrastinate, because famine was fighting for them, and he would thus get better terms if he should decide to make peace. Menodorus also advised him to distrust Murcus, who opposed these views, intimating that he was seeking power for himself. Pompeius, who had been vexed with Murcus lately on account of his high position and his stubbornness, became still more averse to him for this reason, and held no communication with him whatever, until, finally, Murcus retired in disgust to Syracuse. Here he saw some of Pompeius' guards following him,and
Menodorusを除くPompeiusの全ての友人が異口同音に、彼に和平を急き立てた。Menodorusは積極的に戦争を遂行するにせよ、先延ばしにするにせよ、ローマ市民は飢饉に苦しんでいるのだから、もし和平を決意するのなら、条件を改善してもらえるだろうとSardiniaから書き送った。またMenodorusはこのような意見に対立しているMurcusは自分自身のために権力を模索しているから信用しないようにとPompeiusに忠告した。Murcusの高い地位や頑固さに最近気を悪くしていたPompeiusは、そのために一層Murcusを嫌うようになり、どんなことも彼に連絡しなくなり、ついにMurcusはうんざりしてSyracuseに引退した。そこでMurcusはPompeiusの護衛が数人自分を追跡しているのを見て、
he expressed his opinion of Pompeius to them freely. Then Pompeius bribed a tribune and a centurion of Murcus, and sent them to kill him and to say that he had been murdered by slaves. To give credibility to this falsehood he crucified the slaves. But he did not succeed in concealing this crime, — the next one committed by him after the murder of Bithynicus, — Murcus having been a man distinguished for his warlike deeds, who had been strongly attached to that party from the beginning, and had rendered great assistance to Pompeius himself in Spain, and had joined him in Sicily voluntarily.Such was the death of Murcus. His other friends urged Pompeius to make peace, and they accused Menodorus of fondness of power
Murcusは護衛たちにPompeiusに関する意見を好き勝手に言った。するとPompeiusは、護民官とMurcusの百人隊隊長に賄賂を贈り、彼を暗殺し「奴隷によって殺害された」と証言させようと彼らを派遣した。この嘘に信憑性を与えようと、彼は奴隷を磔にした。しかし彼は、この犯罪の隠蔽工作に失敗した- Bithynicusの暗殺につぐ犯罪だった。- Murcusは武功によりその名を馳せており、初めからその一団と強く結びついていた。SpainにおいてはPompeiusに多大な支援をし、自らSicily島に参加していた。Murcusの死はそういうものであった。彼の友人たちはPompeiusに和平を促し、彼らは権力に溺れるMenodorusを非難した。
and as opposing peace not so much from good-will to his master as from a desire to command an army and a province. Pompeius yielded and set sail for Aenaria with a large number of his best ships, having embarked himself on a magnificent one with six banks of oars. In this style, toward evening, he sailed proudly past Puteoli in sight of his enemies. Early in the morning two sets of piles were driven in the sea a short distance apart, and planks were placed upon them. Upon the platform nearest the shore Octavian and Antony took their places, while Pompeius and Libo occupied a seaward one, a small space of water separating them, so that they p499could hear each other without shouting.
（彼らはMenodorusを）善意ではなく、軍と属州を支配したいという欲望から主上の和平に反対している（と非難した。）Pompeiusは屈し、自らも6列の漕ぎ手団とともに豪奢な船に乗り込み、最上級の船群を伴い、Aenaria向けて出航した。この形式で夕刻ごろ、彼はかつてのPuteoliを、敵を目前にしながら誇らしげに航海した。早朝、少し離れたところで大量の2つの群が漂っていた。厚板がそれらの上に置かれていた。OctavianとAntonyは海岸最寄りの足場上に位置についていた。一方PompeiusとLiboは海上に位置した。両者の間は僅かに海が隔てるのみであったので、互いに叫ぶことなく声を聞くことができた。
