They were especially indignant at his protracted neglect of his own proper duties, from knowing that he was held in Egypt by a guilty attachment to the queen,--thus not only violating his obligations to the state, but likewise inflicting upon his wife Calpurnia, and his family at Rome, an intolerable wrong.

But Caesar was so fascinated by Cleopatra's charms, and by the mysterious and unaccountable influence which she exercised over him, that he paid no heed to any of these remonstrances.

Even after the war was ended he remained some months in Egypt to enjoy his favorite's society.

He would spend whole nights in her company, in feasting and revelry.

He made a splendid royal progress with her through Egypt after the war was over, attended by a numerous train of Roman guards.