The assumption that Labienus was a Pompeian partisan from the beginning is attractive, cf. […] Gabinius, a Pompeian partisan superior in ability to Afranius. […] Of former Pompeian tribunes, L. […] Vibienus (Pro Milone 37) and the one-legged Pompeian senator Sex. […] It was by no means unlikely that Caesar would be entangled and defeated in Spain by the experienced Pompeian generals.