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Philippi
The battle of 42 BC in Macedonia where Antony and Octavian defeated Brutus and Cassius; a byword for civil war.
Reading notes
- The Annals §3.76 the battle of Philippi
The battle of 42 BC in Macedonia where Antony and Octavian crushed the Liberators Brutus and Cassius, who then took their own lives.
- The Histories §1.51 Philippi
The defeat of Brutus and Cassius by Antony and Octavian (42 BC).
- The Histories §2.41 Philippi
The Macedonian field where Antony and Octavian crushed Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC.