Capitolo 94
surprising that both the parties lingered and they hesitated, and it postponed the
throwing some die.
[Sidenote: The armies digitano Thessaly.]
Pompey, made for a long time desperate by the urgency of the abandonment
and anguish in that Caesar had closed him, you/he/she made a series of rigid
and attacks succeeded on the lines of Caesar from which he stormed away
his/her turn from the taking of his/her enemy, and the two armies were slowly moved
in the inside of the country, hovering himself/herself/itself in the neighborhood of each
other as birds of prey that contend in the air, each continually
striking to the other, and moving ahead himself/herself/itself to the same duration to earn some
position of advantage, or to swindle the other in such sketch. Them
passed above in this way on plain, and through rivers, and through
mountain passes, up to that for a long time the heart of Thessaly arrived them.
Here the armies finally came to a stand and they fought against the ending battle.
[The illustration: the Roman Standard Carriers.]
[Sidenote: The plan of Pharsalia.]
[Sidenote: Roman standard carriers.]
[Sidenote: Pompey draws on his/her army.]
[Sidenote: Strengths on both the sides.]
The place was known then as the plan of Pharsalia and the greatness of
the dispute that was definite there has immortalized its name. Pompey
strengths were more numerous than those far than Caesar and the advantage in
all the partial disputes that had taken place for of the time had been on
his/her side; he felt, accordingly, sure of the victory. He drew on his/her men in
a line, a side that he/she remains on the bank of a river that protected them
from attack on that side. From this point, the long line of legions,
drawn above in order of battle, wide out on the plan and state
finished to the other extremity by strong squadrons of horse, and
bodies of slingers and archers, as to give the strength of weapon and
the activity of men as great a series as possible there, in order to
prevents Caesar you/he/she is being able to revolve and to surround them there was,
however, apparently very small danger of this, for Caesar according to