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<blockquote data-quote="mmadsen" data-source="post: 273586" data-attributes="member: 1645">[Pompey] would abandon Italy, withdrawing to Greece using his strong naval superiority, and there he would regroup and rebuild his army with the half dozen Roman legions stationed in the East and the support of the many eastern potentates who were in his debt.This really surprised me.&nbsp; It never occurred to me that Pompey would just leave -- and that Caesar would take Italy within 70 days.In fact, the most famous men of the day, including the great writers and orators Cicero, Cato the Younger, and Varro, all supported Pompey.This doesn't surprise me at all.&nbsp; In fact, I still don't understand what Caesar's rationale was.&nbsp; I can see that he thought he could sieze power -- and he wasn't wrong about that -- but I can't see how he thought that would be &quot;right&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mmadsen, post: 273586, member: 1645"] [Color=Silver][Pompey] would abandon Italy, withdrawing to Greece using his strong naval superiority, and there he would regroup and rebuild his army with the half dozen Roman legions stationed in the East and the support of the many eastern potentates who were in his debt.[/Color] This really surprised me. It never occurred to me that Pompey would just leave -- and that Caesar would take Italy within 70 days. [Color=Silver]In fact, the most famous men of the day, including the great writers and orators Cicero, Cato the Younger, and Varro, all supported Pompey.[/Color] This doesn't surprise me at all. In fact, I still don't understand what Caesar's rationale was. I can see that he thought he could sieze power -- and he wasn't wrong about that -- but I can't see how he thought that would be "right". [/QUOTE]

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