Caesar was not much disturbed at this accident.

He offered the centurion a bribe sufficient to induce him to give up his prisoner, and so escaped.
[Sidenote: Caesar in Asia Minor.] [Sidenote: He joins the court of Nicomedes.] The two ancient historians, whose records contain nearly all the particulars of the early life of Caesar which are now known, give somewhat contradictory accounts of the adventures which befell him during his subsequent wanderings.

They relate, in general, the same incidents, but in such different connections, that the precise chronological order of the events which occurred can not now be ascertained.

At all events, Caesar, finding that he was no longer safe in the vicinity of Rome, moved gradually to the eastward, attended by a few followers, until he reached the sea, and there he embarked on board a ship to leave his native land altogether.

After various adventures and wanderings, he found himself at length in Asia Minor, and he made his way at last to the kingdom of Bithynia, on the northern shore.