Pelusium
Place
Civil War 3.103 supplies the first indexed source portrait: “Ascertaining these facts, Pompeius gave up his idea of visiting Syria, took the funds belonging to the association of tax-farmers, borrowed money from certain private persons, and deposited on shipboard a great weight of bronze coinage for the use of the soldiers; and having armed two thousand men, partly those whom he had selected from the households of …”
Named form in selected editions; identity established only to the extent of the cited context.
Civil War 3.103
Caesar
Ascertaining these facts, Pompeius gave up his idea of visiting Syria, took the funds belonging to the association of tax-farmers, borrowed money from certain private persons, and deposited on shipboard a great weight of bronze coinage for the use of the soldiers; and having armed two thousand men, partly those whom he had selected from the households of the tax-farmers, partly those whom he had requisitioned from the merchants and those of their own men whom each owner judged to be fit for the purpose, arrived at Pelusium. …
Alexandrian War 26
Pseudo-Caesar; authorship disputed
Round about the same time Mithridates of Pergamum approached Pelusium. …
Civil War 3.108
Caesar
… He at first began to complain among his friends and express his indignation that the king should be summoned to plead his cause; then, finding certain persons among the king’s friends to abet his plot, he secretly summoned the army from Pelusium to Alexandria and put the same Achillas, whom we have mentioned above, in command of all the forces. …
Geographical record
Pleiades representative point · precise
Pelusium was a fortified ancient city located at the mouth of the eastern-most branch of the Nile river. Its ruins, now land-locked and located approximately 30km southeast of Port Said, are known as Tell Farama.
Pleiades 727192 · CC BY 3.0 · Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 74 H2 Pelusium