Pharsalus
Americannoun
noun
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In 48 BCE, Caesar defeated Pompey at the Battle of Pharsalus in northern Greece.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Did not thy star fade shortly before Pharsalus? and didst thou not swim over the Nile to save thy life, bleeding from a hundred wounds?
From A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 by Felix Dahn
Both the fleet and the army of Pompey had dispersed after Pharsalus, but Caesar’s delay in the East had given the republicans an opportunity to reassemble their forces.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
Ligarius had refused to give it up, and the two Tuberos had departed, leaving the province in anger, and had fought at the Pharsalus.
From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Anthony Trollope
We can imagine how the fate of the world was decided on the Pharsalus where the two armies met, and the victory remained with Cæsar.
From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Anthony Trollope
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