Pharsalia
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What sort of speech did Caesar make before the Battle of Pharsalia?
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Crassus was already dead; Pompey died miserably after Caesar's legions tore his army to pieces at Pharsalia.
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Even Julius Caesar had shown the importance which he attached to it by taking the words ‘Venus Victrix’ for his watchword at the battle of Pharsalia.
From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by Sellar, W. Y.
Merciful as the conqueror appeared, he was understood to be much exasperated against those who, after the rout at Pharsalia, had renewed the war in Africa.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John
The victors of Philippi, so far from following the example of clemency set to them by the great victor of Pharsalia, had emulated the worst excesses of the times of Marius and Sulla8.
From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by Sellar, W. Y.
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