Cicero set a new tone by curbing exactions made by previous governors, investigating corruption, and demanding restitution, measures that restored the cities of Cilicia to solvency. A feared invasion by the Parthians was averted by their defeat in Syria by C. Cassius Longinus and again in the following year by a court intrigue. Cicero saw some military action against rebels in his province, but his triumph was never realized. When Cicero returned to Italy, he found civil war brewing between Caesar and Pompey. After long hesitancy, he joined the latter but saw little action. After Pompey’s defeat at Pharsalus, Cicero returned to Italy but remained bottled up in Brundisium for over a year until Caesar finally granted permission for him to return home. But there were now domestic troubles, leading to the divorce of Terentia and marriage to Publilia, a teenager.