History of Julius Caesar . the air, each continuallystriking at the other, and moving onward at thesame time to gain some position of advantage,or to circumvent the other in such a passed on in this manner over plains, andacross rivers, and through mountain passes, un-til at length they reached the heart of Thes-saly. Here at last the armies came to a standand fought the final battle. The place was known then as the plainof Pharsalia, and the greatness of the contestwhich was decided there has immortalized itsname. Pompeys forces were far more numer-ous than those of Caesar, and th
History of Julius Caesar . the air, each continuallystriking at the other, and moving onward at thesame time to gain some position of advantage,or to circumvent the other in such a passed on in this manner over plains, andacross rivers, and through mountain passes, un-til at length they reached the heart of Thes-saly. Here at last the armies came to a standand fought the final battle. The place was known then as the plainof Pharsalia, and the greatness of the contestwhich was decided there has immortalized itsname. Pompeys forces were far more numer-ous than those of Caesar, and the advantage inall the partial contests which had taken placefor some time had been on his side ; he felt, con-sequently, sure of victory. He drew up his menin a line, one flank resting upon the bank of ariver, which protected them from attack on thatside. From this point, the long line of legions,drawn up in battle array, extended out upon ] Battle of Phaesalia. 165 Roman standard bearers. Pompey draws up his Roman Standard Bearers. the plain, and was terminated at the other ex-tremity by strong squadrons of horse, and bodiesof slingers and archers, so as to give the forceof weapons and the activity of men as great arange as possible there, in order to prevent Cae-sars being able to outflank and surround was, however, apparently very littledanger of this, for Csesar, according to his own 166 Julius Cesar. [ Forces on both sides. Appearance of Pompey s camp. story, had but about half as strong a force asPompey. The army of the latter, he says, con-sisted of nearly fifty thousand men, while hisown number was between twenty and thirtythousand. Generals, however, are prone tomagnify the military grandeur of their exploitsby overrating the strength with which theyhad to contend, and under-estimating their are therefore to receive with some distrustthe statements made by Csesar and his parti-sans ; and as for Pompeys story, the total andirrepara
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