Battle of Pharsalus

When

7 Aug 48 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

39.30° N, 22.38° E

Description

48 BCE decisive battle of Caesar's Civil War

Part of Caesar's Civil War (48 BC)

The Battle of Pharsalus was the decisive battle of Caesar's Civil War fought on 9 August 48 BC near Pharsalus in Central Greece. Julius Caesar and his allies formed up opposite the army of the Roman Republic under the command of Pompey. Pompey had the backing of a majority of Roman senators and his army significantly outnumbered the veteran Caesarian legions.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at the Battle of Pharsalus”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Pharsalus Muharebesi gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Im Römischen Bürgerkrieg besiegt Gaius Iulius Caesar die von Pompeius befehligten Truppen des römischen Senats in der Schlacht von Pharsalos in Thessalien und…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “29 juin (9 août du calendrier romain) : César défait Pompée et l’armée sénatoriale à la bataille de Pharsale (Thessalie)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “произошла битва при Фарсале между войсками Помпея и Цезаря, закончившаяся победой последнего”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Tesalia (Grecia), el ejército de Julio César vence al de Pompeyo en la batalla de Farsalia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة فارسالوس”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “8月9日，格涅乌斯·庞贝和凯撒之间著名的法萨卢斯战役開始，凱撒勝。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ファルサルスの戦いで、カエサルはポンペイウスに大勝し、ポンペイウスはエジプトに退却した。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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