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Pharsalus
Pharsalia
also: Pharsalia
The battle of 48 BC in Thessaly where Caesar defeated Pompey; a byword for civil-war disaster.
Reading notes
- The Annals §4.44 Pharsalica acie
The battle of 48 BC in Thessaly where Caesar defeated Pompey; a byword for civil-war disaster.
- The Histories §1.51 Pharsalia
Caesar's victory over Pompey (48 BC), a byword for civil-war catastrophe.
- The Histories §2.41 Pharsalia
Pharsalus in Thessaly, where Caesar defeated Pompey in 48 BC; one of Tacitus's instances of citizen legions that would not lay down arms.