Apsus
Place
Civil War 3.13 supplies the first indexed source portrait: “… Caesar, finding himself forestalled in his march to Dyrrachium, stays his rapid advance and pitches his camp by the River Apsus, in the territory of the Apolloniates, that the communities which had deserved well of him might be protected by a garrison, and decides to wait there for the arrival of the rest of his legions from Italy and to winter in tents. …”
Named form in selected editions; identity established only to the extent of the cited context.
Civil War 3.13
Caesar
… Caesar, finding himself forestalled in his march to Dyrrachium, stays his rapid advance and pitches his camp by the River Apsus, in the territory of the Apolloniates, that the communities which had deserved well of him might be protected by a garrison, and decides to wait there for the arrival of the rest of his legions from Italy and to winter in tents. …
Civil War 3.19
Caesar
The River Apsus alone separated the two camps of Pompeius and Caesar, and the men engaged in frequent conversations, nor meanwhile did a single missile cross the line, by a compact made between the speakers. …
Civil War 3.30
Caesar
… And when they had found this out they each adopted different plans, Caesar to unite himself as quickly as possible with Antonius, Pompeius to confront the approaching enemy on their march, in case he might be able to attack them unawares from an ambuscade; and on the same day they each led out their forces from their permanent camps, quitting the River Apsus, Pompeius secretly by night, Caesar openly by day. …
Geographical record
Pleiades representative point · precise
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 49 B3 (H)Apsos fl.
Pleiades 481857 · CC BY 3.0 · Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 49 B3 (H)Apsos fl.