Pharsalia
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Crassus was already dead; Pompey died miserably after Caesar's legions tore his army to pieces at Pharsalia.
From Time Magazine Archive
What sort of speech did Caesar make before the Battle of Pharsalia?
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The great Pompey lost that of Pharsalia, and Francis I., who, from what I have heard, was no fool in the fighting way, got roughly handled at Pavia.'
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various
His poems include occasional pieces in honour of William III., imitations of Horace, and a translation of the tenth book of the Pharsalia of Lucan.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
So Caesar and Pompey sat down to supper very lovingly, and talked over Pharsalia.
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Richard Jefferies
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