The whole city was filled with the excitement of this struggle, into which all the active and turbulent spirits of the capital plunged with the most furious zeal, while the more considerate and thoughtful of the population, remembering the days of Marius and Sylla, trembled at the impending danger.

Pompey himself had no fear.

He urged the Senate to resist to the utmost all of Caesar's claims, saying, if Caesar should be so presumptuous as to attempt to march to Rome, he could raise troops enough by stamping with his foot to put him down.
[Sidenote: Debates in the Senate.] [Sidenote: Tumult and confusion.] [Sidenote: Panic at Rome.] It would require a volume to contain a full account of the disputes and tumults, the maneuvers and debates, the votes and decrees which marked the successive stages of this quarrel.

Pompey himself was all the time without the city.

He was in command of an army there, and no general, while in command, was allowed to come within the gates.