Pharsalia
noun
a district in ancient Greece whose chief city was Pharsalus.
Pharsalian
-
a word derived from
Pharsalia.
Example Sentences
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The Larisaean commanders were Polymedes and Aristonus, two party leaders in Larisa; the Pharsalian general was Menon; each of the other cities had also its own commander.
From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Richard Crawley
At length, the orator touching upon the Pharsalian battle, he was so affected that his body trembled, and some of the papers he held dropped out of his hands.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough
The whole left wing was entrusted to the command of Parmenio, who had round his person the Pharsalian troop of cavalry, which was the strongest and best amid all the Thessalian horse-regiments.
From The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy
What was your sword doing, Tubero, in that Pharsalian army?
From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Anthony Trollope
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
