In 49 B.C. on the banks of the Rubicon, Julius ... 49 B.C. As Caesar advances on Rome, Pompey and his allies retreat south, ultimately abandoning Italy for Greece. Caesar defeats Pompey’s ...

A superb general and politician, Julius Caesar (c ... Now holding real power, Caesar allied himself with two key people, Pompey and Crassus. Pompey was a war hero who had been badly treated ...

Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon in 49 BCE, igniting a civil war. For five years, Caesar and Pompey’s forces fought on the battlefields of Spain, Africa and Greece until Caesar defeated his ...