Instead of being pleased with the horrid trophy which the Egyptians sent him, he mourned the death of his great rival with sincere and unaffected grief, and was filled with indignation against his murderers.
[Sidenote: Pompey's signet ring.] [Sidenote: Caesar's respect for Pompey's memory.] [Sidenote: Pompey's Pillar.] [Sidenote: Origin of Pompey's Pillar.] [Illustration: Pompey's Pillar.] Pompey had a signet ring upon his finger at the time of his assassination, which was taken off by the Egyptian officers and carried away to Ptolemy, together with the other articles of value which had been found upon his person.

Ptolemy sent this seal to Caesar to complete the proof that its possessor was no more.

Caesar received _this_ memorial with eager though mournful pleasure, and he preserved it with great care.

And in many ways, during all the remainder of his life, he manifested every outward indication of cherishing the highest respect for Pompey's memory.

There stands to the present day, among the ruins of Alexandria, a beautiful column, about one hundred feet high, which has been known in all modern times as POMPEY'S PILLAR.