CHAP. 30.-OF UNUSUALLY LONG ECLIPSES OF THE SUN.
Eclipses of the sun also take place which are portentous
and unusually long, such as occurred when Cæsar the Dictator
was slain, and in the war against Antony, the sun remained
dim for almost a whole year[1].
1. The dimness or paleness of the sun, which is stated by various writers
to have occurred at the time of Cæsar's death, it is unnecessary to remark,
was a phænomenon totally different from an eclipse, and depending on a
totally different cause.