Nova Roma 1: De Itinere in Occasum:

49 B.C.

Julius Caesar has crossed the Rubicon with his army. In Rome, the Optimate Senators, representing the cream of the Roman nobility, decide to flee before Caesar's forces. They plan to go to Greece; there, to raise an army and challenge the ascendancy of Caesar.

At the last moment, their leader, General Gnaeus Pompey Magnus, demands a change of plans. The Optimates will go not to Greece but to Spain, where Pompey has gold, property, and men. The Sena...