Several battles were fought at sea, with Sextus Pompeius, with various
success; of Cæsar’s two fleets, one under the command of Agrippa gained
a victory; the other, led by Cæsar himself, was cut off; and his
soldiers, being sent on shore, were exposed to great dangers. Pompeius,
being afterwards defeated, fled into Sicily. Marcus Lepidus, who came
from Africa, under the pretext of joining Cæsar in the war which he was
about to wage against Sextus Pompeius, when he declared war against
Cæsar himself, being deserted by his army, and deprived of the honour of
the triumvirate, obtained his life. Cæsar conferred a naval crown upon
Agrippa, an honour never before bestowed on any commander.