Led on thus by the tenth legion, the whole army mutinied.

They broke up the camp where they had been stationed at some distance beyond the walls of Rome, and marched toward the city.

Soldiers in a mutiny, even though headed by their subaltern officers, are very little under command; and these Roman troops, feeling released from their usual restraints, committed various excesses on the way, terrifying the inhabitants and spreading universal alarm.

The people of the city were thrown into utter consternation at the approach of the vast horde, which was coming like a terrible avalanche to descend upon them.
[Sidenote: Plan of the soldiers.] The army expected some signs of resistance at the gates, which, if offered, they were prepared to encounter and overcome.

Their plan was, after entering the city, to seek Caesar and demand their discharge from his service.