Pharsalian
- a word derived from Pharsalia.
Example Sentences
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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 Clough, Arthur Hugh
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 White, John S. (John Stuart)
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
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 Trollope, Anthony
