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Pharsalia

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[fahr-sey-lee-uh, -seyl-yuh] / fɑrˈseɪ li ə, -ˈseɪl yə /

noun

  1. a district in ancient Greece whose chief city was Pharsalus.


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What sort of speech did Caesar make before the Battle of Pharsalia?

From Time Magazine Archive

Crassus was already dead; Pompey died miserably after Caesar's legions tore his army to pieces at Pharsalia.

From Time Magazine Archive

My belief that Julius C�sar existed, is my belief that I should have seen him if I had been present in the field of Pharsalia, or in the senate-house at Rome.

From A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II by Mill, John Stuart

She wishes, in the "Pharsalia," that she had married Cæsar.

From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

So Caesar and Pompey sat down to supper very lovingly, and talked over Pharsalia.

From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard

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