Civil War Timeline By Victoriarufffo 49 BCE Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon 49 BCE Pompey and consuls flee Rome 49 BCE Corfinium falls to Caesar 49 BCE Caesar calls the senate in Rome 49 BCE Caesar begins the siege of Massilia 49 BCE Caesar arrives in Hispania and seizes the Pyrenees passes guarded by Pompeian L. Afranius and M. Petreius. 49 BCE Caesar defeats Afranius and Petreius near Ilerda 49 BCE Massilia surrendered to Caesar 49 BCE Caesar is appointed Dictator 48 BCE Caesar landed at Dyrrhachium (Durazzo) 48 BCE Battle of Dyrrhachium