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7 August 48 BCE · Europe

Battle of Pharsalus

In 48 BCE, on the plain of Pharsalus in Greece, Julius Caesar met the larger senatorial army of Pompey. The fight is the decisive field action of Caesar’s civil war.

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Date
7 August 48 BCE
Place
Farsala · Greece
Region
Europe

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