The anticipation, in fact, of the glory of surmounting them was one of the main inducements which led him to embark in the enterprise.
The perils of the desert constituted one of the charms which made the expedition so attractive.

He placed himself, therefore, at the head of his troop of cavalry, and set off across the sands in advance of Gabinius, to take Pelusium, in order thus to open a way for the main body of the army into Egypt.

Ptolemy accompanied Antony.

Gabinius was to follow.
With all his faults, to call them by no severer name, Mark Antony possessed certain great excellences of character.

He was ardent, but then he was cool, collected, and sagacious; and there was a certain frank and manly generosity continually evincing itself in his conduct and character which made him a great favorite among his men.