V.II.Renewal of the War 5.

Pompeius distributed among his soldiers and officers as presents 384,000,000 sesterces (=16,000 talents, App.

Mithr.
116); as the officers received 100,000,000 (Plin.

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2, 16) and each of the common soldiers 6000 sesterces (Plin., App.), the army still numbered at its triumph about 40,000 men.
6.