[Footnote 16: After the battle of Pharsalia, the Pompey of
Lucan (l. viii. 256 - 455) holds a similar debate. He was
himself desirous of seeking the Parthians: but his
companions abhorred the unnatural alliance and the adverse
prejudices might operate as forcibly on Chosroes and his
companions, who could describe, with the same vehemence, the
contrast of laws, religion, and manners, between the East
and West.]