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
To limit his delegated power was to challenge their omnipotence, to renew the issue between the many and the few which had been decided at Pharsalus and Philippi.
From The History of Freedom by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton
Their tribute had been accurately fixed by Scopas, prince of Pharsalus.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller
As a result of Caesar’s victory at Pharsalus, the whole country fell into his power; the treatment which it received was on the whole lenient, though individual cities were punished severely.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
Brutus was an earnest student through all his active life, and is said to have been working on an abridgment of Pausanias the night before Pharsalus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
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