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Pompeys army. Octavius is active in attempting to reduce Illyriciim ; and Issa joins liis canse. The Cacsarians,
Imwever, lioKl Lissus ; and at Salonae Octavius is severely defeated and retires to Dyirhachiiim.
Caesar, who liad been elccteil consul for the following year, now collects his legions and cavalry at Brundisium, and
on the '2Sth November sets sail with half his force to cross the Adiiatic after I'onipey, landin'' tlie next day at
Palaeste, on the coast of Epirus. Thirty of his ships, on their return journey to convey the remainder of his force, are
captured and burnt by Bibulus.
Caesar tries to open negotiations with Pompey, but thes; fall through. He maiches over the difficult mountain
])alhs from Palaeste to Oricum, which surrenders ; then, receiving the surrender of Apollonia, he pushes on
for Dyrrhachium.
Pompey, on hearing of Caesar's landing, hurries towards Apollonia, and by forced marches barely reaches
Dyrrhachium to save it from capture.
Caesar, Huding tliat Pompey was in possession of the place, agiln moves back towards Apollonia, and camps south of
the Apsus. Pompey follows and camps opposite Caesar on tlie other side of the river. Thus the two armies watch
each other for a time.
In the meantime Libo sails over from Oricum to Braudisinui, which lie blockades, inflicting some damage ou
Antony's men, who were waiting to cross over to Caesar. Antony compels him to raise the blockade and to retire.
48. —On the l.jth Feljruary, Antony, with the rest of Caesar's force, sets sail from Brundisium, is carried past Apollonia and
Dyrrh icliium, chased by the enemy, and succeeds in i-eaching the harl>our of N'ymphocuni, above Lissus.
Pompey marches secretly by way of Dyrrhachium to Tirana so as to cut otV Antony and to prevent his junction with
Caesar, the latter having already crossearissa,
thence to Amphipolis, and to Asia Minor. Finding that Pompey had been at Cyprus, and had probably gone on to
J'lgypt, Caesar sets out for Alexandria, where he hears of Pompey's death.
At Alexandria Caesar takes possession of the royal palace facing the great harbour and, as Roman consul, undertakes
the settlement of the disputes between young Ptolemy and Cleopatra.
Soon, however, intrigues ou the part of Ptolemy and his regent Pothiuus lead to the march of an Alexandrian army