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"Caesar it shall be done," replied Hortensius.
"Now, enough about Gods and witches. Let's move on to the military strength in the field. Show me our lines and those of Pompey again," said Caesar, to try to resist, without letting him see, the slight fear he felt about crossing the Rubicon.
The disposition of Caesar and Pompey's troops
Mark Anthony put his hand on a map that summarized the military situation of the two sides and, after having spread it out in front of everyone, began to explain.
"To summaries, Pompey's first line is here in front of us outside on the river Prissatellum. And immediately behind that there is a new line where the Flamini, as we have seen, intend to draw a new red line47 in addition to the one that already exists on the Rubicon. We are lined up in front of them here, between Donegallia and Caes solum48 that bound your territories. You understand, Caesar?"
"Certainly, continue."
The second line is currently poorly guarded and is a few miles further on towards Arminium,49 where the road splits in two near ad confluentes, before entering the right gate of the Rubicon."