Pharsalia
noun
a district in ancient Greece whose chief city was Pharsalus.
Pharsalian
-
a word derived from
Pharsalia.
Example Sentences
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And when at length, the orator touched upon the Pharsalian battle, he was so affected that his whole frame trembled and some of the papers he held dropped out of his hands.
From The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls by John S. (John Stuart) White
Then he accuses him of cowardice and cruelty in the Pharsalian wars, and compares him most injuriously with Dolabella.
From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Anthony Trollope
The sagittarii, three thousand strong, who fought in the Pharsalian campaign, were drawn from Crete, Pontus, Syria, &c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
The whole left wing was intrusted to the command of Parmenio, who had round his person the Pharsalian regiment of cavalry, which was the strongest and best of all the Thessalian horse regiments.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
What meanes my loue to aggrauate my griefe, And torture my enough tormented Soule, With greater greuance then Pharsalian losse?
From The Tragedy Of Caesar's Revenge by Anonymous
