Battle of Pharsalus

story are love, honour, betrayal, patriotism, selfishness and selflessness. This enticing tale also has its fair share of action such as murder, suicide, vengeance and conspiracy. PLOT In the year 48 BC Caesar returned from Rome from a successful battle against Pompey. The commoners were overjoyed about Caesar’s victory: the news caused controversy among Pompey’s loyal subjects who

changed the course of history, as well as greatly contributing to the society.Some of his many achievements were the victory of the Battle of Alesia in 52 BC which was an imperative battle and a turning point in the Gallic Wars, his conquests of Gaul which gained him control of more than eight hundred towns and three hundred states’, he also won the Battle of Pharsalus which was the civil war opposing the army of the republic with Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus in command.All these three important achievements

when Julius finally defeated Pompey at the battle of Pharsalus. It started with the roman senate ordering Caesar to get rid of his order army in Gaul and to return to Rome to be prosecuted for claimed offenses. So Caesar decided to go but he took his legion with him. When he arrived to Rome, the Senators and Pompey had fled and he was declared dictator but he wanted to still defeat Pompey and the Senators so he went after them. They fought many battles and Caesar was almost defeated. Then Caesar

The Roman Republic began in 509BC when the Romans overthrew the Etruscans and established a republic government.1 After this the Roman Empire began to take control of the Mediterranean Sea and eventually dominated it.3 The Republic began to decline in 133BC with the wealthy Romans gaining in wealth and the poor continuing to lose money; with this more people became enslaved causing increased slave revolts.1 This meant people like Crassus and Caesar could build armies loyal only to them and gain

Caesar in the Roman Empire. Cassius and Brutus were the two main conspirators against Caesar, and Brutus was even the one who assassinated him. Unlike the two of them, Marcus Antonius, Mark Antony, was one of Caesar’s right hand men and won many battles for him, including one against Cassius. While Brutus and Cassius were at the head of the freight train that was headed for Caesar, Antony stood firm, however helpless it seemed, with Caesar until they failed on March 15, 44 BC when Caesar was killed

Crassus who died in battle between the Romans and the Parthians in 53 BC. The death of Crassus caused tension between Pompey and Caesar. Both generals sought to be the leader of Rome. Pompey who was stationed in Rome had direct influence over the Senate, who elected Pompey as sole consul. In a positon of power, Pompey declared Caesar as enemy of the state by accusing Caesar wanting to become a dictatorship. Caesar retaliated against Pompey and defeated Pompey’s army at Pharsalus in Greece. Pompey fled

movie, from start to finish, there is an accurate portrayal of the politics and military movements of the time. Just as the start of the movie depicts, in 48 B.C., Julius Caesar did in fact defeat Pompey at the Battle of Pharsalus, and gained control of the Roman Republic. Following that battle, Pompey did flee to Egypt where Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII had him assassinated, took his head, and sent it to Caesar in an attempt to win his favor (BBC). Unlike the movie, this assassination angered Caesar, which

A significant event in Ancient Rome was the assassination of Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar was a member of the senatorial class who rose through the cursus honorum (Offices of the State) of the Republic. He went on to conquer many territories for Rome, including the entirety of Gaul. His growing power led to a civil war between Caesar, with his supporters, against the power of the Senate, which he eventually won. He then dominated the Republic, as an elected dictator, but essentially with the power

Although there are many reasons to why Augustus succeed in obtaining the one-man rule in Rome and why Caeser failed, but there two specific are that are very significant. Augustus dealt with his enemies more effectively than Caeser, while at the same time, presented his assumptions of absolute power as consistent with, rather than opposition of, both the laws and values of the republic. Julius Caeser was the most important person in Rome, and also known as one of the best generals and protagonists

meet the army of Pompey, with the few ships he had obtained. There were two battles between the armies of Caesar and Pompey. In the first at Dyrrhachium (Pronounced: Dyratium), Caesar was defeated. Caesar then retreated across the peninsula in the direction of Pharsalus, as to draw Pompey and his army away from their seacoast supplies. In the second and final battle, the two armies led by their generals met in Pharsalus. With about twenty thousand men, Caesar defeated the army of Pompey, whose army