Pompey immediately decided to assign the legion that he had previously lent to Caesar and had fought under Caesar's command (the First Legion) to the Parthian frontier.
This meant that Caesar would suddenly lose two legions. He did not express any refusal, but gave each soldier a generous bonus just as the troops were about to leave.
The young Roman official responsible for redeploying these two legions back to Gaul returned claiming that Caesar's entire army was dissatisfied!
Meanwhile, once these two legions returned to Italy, they displayed an uncooperative attitude, and naturally, no one made any effort to send them overseas.
All of Rome felt tense over this.
Coincidentally, at this time, Pompey fell ill with a persistent fever, and people from all over Italy spontaneously prayed for this Roman hero's recovery and wished him a speedy recovery.
