The Battle of Pompey

By June, Caesar had been chased across northern Greece and was in camp near the town of Farceles. He now had about 20,000 troops all told, stronger than he had been but numerically no match for Pompey's 45,000 soldiers. The two armies were lined up with a river on Caesar's left and Pompey's right,. making any attempt to flank the other on that front, a non-starter. So both commanders looked to Caesar's right as the center of the action. They argued over who would become Pontifex Maximus, who would be consul in the next year, how Caesar's estates would be divided - but not the battle itself.