 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mumazuva mashomanene pashure pokudzingwa kwaAntony, pana 7 January 49 BC, dare rapamusoro rakaunganazve. Ichitungamirirwa naCato uye ichitsigirwa naPompey, dare revakuru rakapa mutemo wainzi senatus consultum ultimum, waibvisa Kesari pachigaro uye waimuudza kuti adzokere kuRoma kunotongwa nemhaka yemhosva dzehondo. Dare revakuru reRoma rakabva rati Kesari aiva mutengesi uye muvengi wevanhu vose kana asina kukurumidza kuparadza mauto ake. Nemhaka yokuti tariro dzose dzokuwana chinetso chorugare dzakanga dzaparara pashure pokudzingwa kwaAntony, Kesari akashandisa Antony sechikonzero chokufora achienda kuRoma. Somukuru mukuru, munhu waAntony akanga ari mutsvene zvikuru, naizvozvo kwakanga kusiri pamutemo kumukuvadza kana kuti kuramba kuziva simba rake rokuramba. Mazuva matatu gare gare, pana January 10, Caesar akayambuka Rubicon, kutanga Hondo yevagari vemo. Munguva yokufamba nechokumaodzanyemba, Kesari akaita kuti Antony ave mutevedzeri wake. 