Cato abruptly left the city and proceeded to Sicily, which had been assigned him as his province.

Others fled in other directions.

Pompey himself, uncertain what to do, and not daring to remain, called upon all his partisans to join him, and set off at night, suddenly, and with very little preparation and small supplies, to retreat across the country toward the shores of the Adriatic Sea, His destination was Brundusium, the usual port of embarkation for Macedon and Greece.
[Sidenote: Enthusiasm of Caesar's soldiers.] Caesar was all this time gradually advancing toward Rome.

His soldiers were full of enthusiasm in his cause.

As his connection with the government at home was sundered the moment he crossed the Rubicon, all supplies of money and of provisions were cut off in that quarter until he should arrive at the Capitol and take possession of it.