What was happening beyond the Rubicon among Pompey's ranks?Pompey's soldiers were actually disturbed and frightened by those mixed troops of Romans and Gauls who were massing in that area.
They were also outnumbered, the year was about to end and they tried to buy time, some negotiating with, a few threatening Caesar's soldiers not to cross.
In fact, by the end of the year two new Consuls would be elected and Caesar also tried to sit back and wait for the New Year to see if he would be elected Chief Consul of the Year.
For his part, in the past, Pompey Magno had been appointed sole consul sine collega78 and continued to be a followed and respected authority at the senate and, given the movements of the legionaries on the border, he had ordered Caesar's soldiers to return unarmed on the
