[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Latin](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la) › [Principate (31 BCE – 300 CE)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial) › Lucan, Civil War # Lucan, Civil War (Bellum civile (Pharsalia)) The peoples of the East with Pompey: the Ganges flowing against the sun, the Indus that does not feel the Hydaspes, Indians who sip sweet juice from reeds and those who mount the pyre alive (3.229–40); the Ganges stained with Indian blood by Alexander (10.33); Indian tortoise-shell and Seric silk at Cleopatra's feast (10.120–42). - **Language:** Latin - **Date:** 61–65 CE - **Author:** [M. Annaeus Lucanus](https://indike.org/pramana/person/lucan) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Translations (1) - [The Pharsalia of Lucan](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.lucan~en-ridley) — English, not yet digitised --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.lucan](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.lucan) · Pramāṇa