Caesar's Movements in the Civil War

One of you asked me for a map that shows Caesar's movements during the Civil War. On the map, the dark blue dotted lines represent Caesar's advances. Caesar started the war by invading Italy from Greece (Lucan, book 1). Then he pursued the Pompeians until Pompey evacuated his troops to Greece (Book 2). After securing Sicily's grain for his side, Caesar turned around and marched on the Pompeian troops in Spain. On the way, he was detained by Massilia (Marseille), which held out a long siege, but lost a naval battle against Caesar's admiral Decimus Brutus (Lucan, book 3). Caesar himself had gone on to Spain, where he succeeded in expelling the troops of Pompey's legates (lieutenants) Afranius and Petreius from Ilerda and finally surrounded them in an area without water (Book 4). In the meantime, Caesar's lieutenant Curio tries to secure the Roman province of North Africa for Caesar, but gets tricked by King Juba of Numidia and kills himself (end of Book 4). Book 5, finally, moves the focus to Greece (Epirus and Thessaly), where Pompey is awaiting Caesar's troops for final showdown, which will occur in Pharsalos (Thessaly).

Map courtesy of: http://www.emersonkent.com/map_archive/roman_civil_war.htm. Note that the legend is wrong: orange are the Roman provinces, green are Rome's client kingdoms.

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