Here is a map of Caesar's travels from 48-44 B.C. Caesar was
busy the last three years of his life, yet there is mystery
embedded in his activities. What was he trying to accomplish?
Did he have a plan? How did he intend to solve the problems of
the Republic? We don’t have the answers, but it’s interesting to
look at the hints he gives us. Caesar believed he could win the
civil war by defeating his friend Pompey. Dyrrhachium had been a
draw, but a month later when Caesar prevailed at Pharsalus,
Pompey fled to Egypt. The latter was murdered upon his arrival
based on the Egyptian’s mistaken notion it would benefit them to
demonstrate allegiance to Caesar. When Caesar arrived in
Alexandria four days later, following a month of tribute
collecting in Anatolia, he was shown Pompey’s head and was not
pleased. The Egyptians had ruined his opportunity to humiliate a
defeated enemy by taking him back to Rome and, more importantly,
crossed the line by murdering a senior Roman leader. But Caesar
still needed money and as