PHARSALUS, BATTLE OF


Meaning of PHARSALUS, BATTLE OF in English

(48 BC) Decisive engagement in the Roman civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey .

Caesar had recently been defeated by Pompey when the two met again in Greece. Though Pompey had twice as many men, Caesar used unorthodox tactics to overwhelm him. Pompey fled and about half his men surrendered; the rest were killed or took flight.

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