In Rome, after Pompey broke with Caesar, he reached an agreement with Cato and the others. Fearing that Caesar would refuse to comply with the Senate's decisions and resort to force in anger, they began recruiting new soldiers and forming an army.
However, many people believed that Caesar, seeing the unprecedented unity of the Senate and its immense strength, would certainly compromise.
Even Pompey himself judged that Caesar's main forces were still north of the Alps, and with winter approaching, even if Caesar wanted to start a rebellion, he would have to wait for the next year's combat season and carefully complete troop consolidation before that.
Therefore, Pompey and the elders were not in a hurry to prepare for war; instead, they greedily began to divide up the spoils left by Caesar after his resignation.
