Caesar climbs the Colle Garampo to observe Pompey's troopsWhen the evening fell after their meeting, Caesar decided to climb the hill above Cesena, Colle Garampo, with an aide-de-camp and a few commanders to see for himself Pompey's lines deployed near the first line of the Rubicon.
Today there is an abbey on its summit, but at that time there was a pagan temple.
From that height and, in the darkness of the evening, Pompey's entire line of defense could be seen clearly from the plain to the sea.
Caesar saw hundreds of bonfires that had been lit by Pompey's soldiers encamped along the first line and some had camped in the rear on the second line of the Rubicon.
Caesar checked on his opposing troops.
Not even a mile in front of them, the bivouacs of the camp belonging to Pompey's troops
