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Pharsalus
Pharsalus , ancient city, Thessaly, Greece. Near there in 48 BC, Julius Caesar decisively defeated Pompey, who had a much larger force. Lucan's Bellum Civile (often called Pharsalia ) is an epic of the civil war. ... Read more
Quintus Tullius Cicero
Quintus Tullius Cicero c.102 BC-43 BC, Roman general; brother of Cicero the orator. After service in Asia he accompanied Julius Caesar to Britain (55 BC); wintered in Gaul (54 BC), where he fought off the attacks of Ambiorix; and went to Cilicia (51 BC) as legate with his brother. He fought for Pom... Read more
Marcus Terentius Varro
Marcus Terentius Varro 116 BC-27? BC, Roman man of letters. Known as the most erudite man and the most prolific writer of his times, Varro is estimated to have written about 620 volumes. He served as Pompey's legate in Spain and fought at Pharsalus, but was reconciled with Caesar, who made him dire... Read more
Cato the Younger
Cato the Younger or Cato of Utica, 95 BC-46 BC, Roman statesman, whose full name was Marcus Porcius Cato; great-grandson of Cato the Elder. Reared by his uncle Marcus Livius Drusus, he showed an intense devotion to the principles of the early republic. He had one of the greatest reputations for... Read more
Claudius
Claudius ancient Roman gens. Appius Claudius Sabinus Inregillenis or Regillensis was a Sabine; he came (c.504 BC) with his tribe to Rome. While consul (495), his severe interpretation of the laws of debt caused the temporary emigration of the general citizenry (the plebs , as distinct from the ... Read more
Brutus
Brutus , in ancient Rome, a surname of the Junian gens. Lucius Junius Brutus, fl. 510 BC, was the founder of the Roman republic. He feigned idiocy to escape death at the hands of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (see under Tarquin ). Roman historians tell how he led the Romans in expelling the Tarquins... Read more
Pompey
Pompey (Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus) , 106 BC-48 BC, Roman general, the rival of Julius Caesar . Sometimes called Pompey the Great, he was the son of Cnaeus Pompeius Strabo (consul in 89 BC), a commander of equivocal reputation. The young Pompey fought for Sulla in Picenum, in Sicily, and in Africa ... Read more
Scipio
Scipio , ancient Roman family of the Cornelian gens. They were patricians. During the 3d and 2d cent. BC they were distinguished by their love of Greek culture and learning. Their wealth and extravagance were detested by the family of Cato the Elder, who worked hard to ruin them. Cnaeus Cornelius S... Read more
Antony
Antony or Marc Antony, Lat. Marcus Antonius, c.83 BC-30 BC, Roman politican and soldier. He was of a distinguished family; his mother was a relative of Julius Caesar . Antony was notorious from his youth for riotous living, but even his enemies admitted his courage. Antony and Caesar ... Read more
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar (Caius Julius Caesar), 100? BC-44 BC, Roman statesman and general. Rise to Power Although he was born into the Julian gens, one of the oldest patrician families in Rome, Caesar was always a member of the democratic or popular party. He benefited from the patronage of his unc... Read more

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Pharsalus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Pharsalus , ancient city, Thessaly, Greece. Near there in 48 BC, Julius Caesar decisively defeated Pompey, who had a much larger force. Lucan's Bellum Civile (often called Pharsalia ) is an epic of the civil war.
Sextus Pompeius
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Sextus Pompeius , d. 35 BC, Roman commander; one of the sons of Pompey the Great. He fought for his father at Pharsalus, then went to Egypt and, after the battle of Thapsus, to Spain, where he continued warring against Caesar's followers...
Pompey
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...colleague. Caesar broke with the senate and crossed (49 BC) the Rubicon, and the civil war began. Pompey was defeated at Pharsalus (48 BC) and fled to Egypt, where he was assassinated. Bibliography: See M. Beard and M. Crawford, Rome in the Late...
Marcellus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Marcellus defended Milo against Clodius and joined the opponents of Julius Caesar in the civil war. Caesar pardoned him after Pharsalus. Marcus Claudius Marcellus, 42 BC-23 BC, was son of Octavia, sister of Augustus , who greatly favored him. Marcellus...
Cassius
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...saved what was left of the army after the battle. He supported Pompey against Caesar but was pardoned after the battle of Pharsalus . He was made (44 BC) peregrine praetor and Caesar promised to make him governor of Syria. Before the promise could be...
Cato the Younger
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Caesar. He accompanied Pompey across the Adriatic and held Dyrrhachium (modern Durazzo) for him until after the defeat at Pharsalus. Then he and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio (see Scipio , family) went to Africa and continued the struggle against...
Caesar, (Gaius) Julius
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...Britain (54 bc). Refusing Senate demands to disband his army, he provoked civil war with Pompey. Caesar defeated Pompey at Pharsalus in 48 bc and pursued him to Egypt, where he made Cleopatra queen. After further victories, he returned to Rome in 45 bc...
Cleopatra
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...and Julius Caesar Cleopatra made preparations to return by force, but when Caesar arrived in Alexandria after the Battle of Pharsalus, she saw the opportunity to use him. She had herself smuggled to him in a rug. Ptolemy XIII died fighting Caesar, who...
Marcus Terentius Varro
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...some military, for his leader. He served under Pompey in the civil war. When he returned to Rome after the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 B.C., Caesar, the victor, pardoned him and commissioned him to establish a public library of Greek and Latin literature...
Quintus Tullius Cicero
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...BC); wintered in Gaul (54 BC), where he fought off the attacks of Ambiorix; and went to Cilicia (51 BC) as legate with his brother. He fought for Pompey in the battle of Pharsalus. He was proscribed and killed with his brother.

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Pharsalus, Battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Pharsalus, Battle of (48 BC) The battle in which POMPEY was defeated by Julius CAESAR . After Caesar crossed the RUBICON , Pompey retired...
Roman civil wars
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...after the collapse of their alliance. Caesar defeated the Pompeian army in Spain at Ilerda (49 BC) and Pompey himself at Pharsalus (48 BC); he won further victories in Asia and Africa. Cato's suicide in 46 BC signified the collapse of the republican...
Pompey
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Pompey (106–48 bc), Roman general and statesman, known as Pompey the Great . He founded the First Triumvirate, but later quarrelled with Julius Caesar , who defeated him at the battle of Pharsalus. He then fled to Egypt, where he was murdered.
Caesar, (Gaius) Julius
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Pompey. When the Senate delivered an ultimatum in January 49, he crossed the RUBICON , took Rome, and defeated Pompey at Pharsalus in 48. He demonstrated clemency by permitting those who wished to do so to return to Italy. After campaigns in Asia Minor...
Mark Antony
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...of the GALLIC WARS . As tribune in 49 he defended Caesar's interest in the Senate as civil war loomed. He was present at Pharsalus, and represented Caesar in Italy. His offer of a crown to Caesar was refused. After Caesar's murder he took the political...

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Osprey Publishing.(Pharsalus 48 BC: Caesar and Pompey - Clash of the Titans)(Hitler's Home Guard: Volkssturmman)(Brief article)(Book review)
Newspaper article from: Internet Bookwatch; 12/1/2006; 700+ words ; ...units and specialized military history, and are perfect references for the in-depth military collection. Si Sheppard's PHARSALUS 48 BC: CAESAR AND POMPEY--CLASH OF THE TITANS (1846030021, $18.95) covers early military history in chronicling...
Surprise in a rug.(Julius Caesar and Cleopatra)(Biography)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Caesar have but to fight? Caesar recalled his victory over Pompey at Pharsalus, Greece. He reflected how this recent joy had turned to horror when he followed Pompey from Pharsalus to Alexandria. Egyptian authorities had greeted Caesar with his...
Cleopatra's Kidnappers: How Caesar's Sixth Legion Gave Egypt to Rome and Rome to Caesar.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 12/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Biographers from Suetonius and Plutarch to M. Gelzer and C. Meier have regarded Caesar's failure to follow up his victory at Pharsalus in 48 BC, his intervention in Ptolemaic politics, and his "dalliance" in Alexandria with Cleopatra while his forces were...
SOON ... it will all be history.(Entertainment)
Newspaper article from: Pretoria News (South Africa); 6/28/2007; 639 words ; ...manipulation of chronological occurrences that had historians choking on their pipes. For one thing, the year before the Battle of Pharsalus (during which Pompeius' supporters were driven out of Spain by Caesar), as well as the Battle of Dyrrhachium (when Caesar...
One's company, two's a crowd
Magazine article from: Chief Executive; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...discretion of the Senate. But power sharing among the triumvirates lasted only until Caesar's legions could thump Pompey's at Pharsalus, and Octavian's forces could sink Antony's at Actium. During the early middle ages, the papacy saw periods where several...
Ave atque Vale! Caesar rides into sunset
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/5/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Caesar, got the great man across the Rubicon, embroiled Rome in civil war and handed him his decisive victory over Pompey at Pharsalus. It ended with Pompey's assassination and the pickling of his head in a jar of natrum. Now we gird ourselves for the final...
Julius Caesar (100-44 BC)--did he have a brain tumour?(History of Medicine)
Magazine article from: South African Medical Journal; 1/1/2010; ; 700+ words ; ...Cordoba was followed by two battles in Greece: an inconclusive action at Dyrrhachmium followed by the defeat of Pompey at Pharsalus, and his flight to Alexandria (where he was murdered). Caesar had followed him to Egypt, where he became embroiled in...
Daughter of a king.
Magazine article from: Calliope; 11/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...reconstruct this view of Alexandria around 100 B.C. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Pompey escapes to Egypt following his defeat at Pharsalus by Julius Caesar. R. Anthony Kugler has his Ph.D. in classics from Brown University. He lives and writes in Madison...
Pay with oil: in Leptis, you were better off soaked in oil than loaded with cash.
Magazine article from: Dig; 2/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...who accompanied him were loyal to Pompey. But, in battle against Caesar, they had just suffered a disastrous defeat at Pharsalus in Greece. Olives Pay the Fine In his determination to topple the opposition's strength, Caesar swept through North Africa...
World conqueror.(Julius Caesar)(Biography)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Greece, where Pompey had fled with his supporters to raise an army and a navy. The political rivals met on the battlefield at Pharsalus. Yet, even though Pompey's forces outnumbered Caesar's by more than two to one, he lost in a stunning turnaround...