Pharsalia

[ fahr-sey-lee-uh, -seyl-yuh ]

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noun

This noble political fabric subsisted for a period of 462 years, until the battle of Pharsalia.

She withdrew to Syria, raised troops there, and re-entered Egypt at the head of her forces shortly after the battle of Pharsalia.

Lucan has not spared him in the poem of his Pharsalia; for his very compliment looked asquint, as well as Nero.

The death of Crassus and the battle of Pharsalia left Csar the master of the world.

At the battle of Pharsalia Caesars much smaller army won a complete victory, thanks to his superior generalship.

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