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
Julius Caesar was 54 at the Battle of Pharsalus.
From Time Magazine Archive
This is sometimes inaccurate; the best known instance is his confusion of Pharsalus and Philippi; cf. i.
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George
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 Dahn, Felix
After the battle of Pharsalus he joined his father in abusing his uncle as responsible for the condition of affairs, hoping thereby to obtain pardon from Caesar.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
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