Hither all, who have disputes, assemble from every part, and submit to their decrees and determinations. Being prevailed upon by their entreaties he moves his camp from the country of the Bituriges in the direction of the Arverni. He encouraged his soldiers "not to be disheartened by the labour of the journey on such a necessary occasion," and, after advancing twenty-five miles, all being most eager, he came in sight of the army of the Aedui, and, by sending on his cavalry, retards and impedes their march; he then issues strict orders to all his soldiers to kill no one. The generals of Pompey's army did almost the same thing, and for the same reason: work from home businesses the horse had frequent skirmishes with each other. When you were betrayed by him, were you not preserved by Caesar's generosity? That, as they could not agree before, the terms of peace ought to be submitted to the senate and people in Rome.
Caesar and Pompey received this intelligence almost at the same time; for they had seen the ships sail past Apollonia and Dyrrachium. This island lying over against Alexandria forms a harbour; but on the upper side it is connected with the town by a narrow way eight hundred paces in length, made by piles sunk in the sea, and by a bridge.