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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mmadsen" data-source="post: 282083" data-attributes="member: 1645">While Afranius and Petreius were away from their camp...troops from Caesar's...Legions began to fraternize with the fellow Spaniards of the...Legions on the other side.  Many were fellow townsmen, some were even related, and before long men from Caesar's legions were in the Pompeian camp, sitting and talking and sharing food and camaraderie with their countrymen, all agreeing that it was crazy that they should be fighting each other.  Officers from the Pompeian camp even went to Caesar and proposed setting up talks to negotiate the surrender of their army.That's got to be awkward.When they heard about this, Generals Afranius and Petreius hurried back to their camp....Petreius then ordered men who had troops from Caesar's army in their tents to produce them at once.  Those who were given up...were put to death on the parade ground in front of the assembled Pompeian legions.That's worse than being a guy caught in the girls' summer camp...</blockquote>