Caesar entered the city talking with Areius the philosopher, and he had given Areius his right hand, that he might forthwith be conspicuous among the citizens and be admired on account of the special respect that he received from Caesar. Entering the gymnasium and ascending a tribunal that was made for him, the people the while being terror-struck and falling down before him, he bade them get up, and he said that he acquitted the people of all blame, first on account of the founder Alexander, second because he admired the beauty and magnitude of the city, and third, to please his friend Areius. Such honour Areius obtained from Caesar, and he got the pardon of many others; and among them was Philostratus, a man of all sophists the most competent to speak on the sudden, but one who claimed to be of the Academy without just grounds. Wherefore Caesar, who abominated his habits, would not listen to his entreaties. But Philostratus, letting his white beard grow and putting on a dark vest, followed behind Areius, continually uttering this verse:

Wise save the wise, if wise indeed they be.

Caesar hearing of this, pardoned Philostratus, wishing rather to release Areius from odium than Philostratus from fear.

Of the children of Antonius, Antyllus, the son of Fulvia, was given up by his paedagogus Theodorus and put to death; and when the soldiers had cut off his head, the paedagogus took the most precious stone which he wore about his neck and sewed it in his belt; and though he denied the fact, he was convicted of it and crucified. The children of Cleopatra were guarded together with those who had charge of them, and they had a liberal treatment; but as to Caesarion, who was said to be Cleopatra’s son by Caesar, her mother sent him to India with much treasure by way of Ethiopia; but another paedagogus like Theodorus, named Rhodon, persuaded him to return, saying that Caesar invited him to take the kingdom. While Caesar was deliberating about Caesarion, it is said that Areius observed: “Tis no good thing, a multitude of Caesars.”