Public credit was shaken.

Debts had not been paid since the civil war began.
Caesar allowed himself only eleven days in Rome.

In this time estimates were drawn of all debts as they were one year before, the interest was remitted and the principal declared still due.

This measure relieved the debtors somewhat.
It was now nearly a year since Caesar crossed the Rubicon.

Pompey, during the nine months that had elapsed since his escape from Brundisium, had been collecting his forces in Epirus.