Battle of Philippi

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Roman civil war battle ancient battle battle

The Battle of Philippi was a decisive series of engagements in 42 BC during the Roman civil wars, in which the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian defeated the armies of Julius Caesar’s assassins Brutus and Cassius in Macedonia.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Philippi canonical	19
Battle of Philippi (overall campaign)	1
First Battle of Philippi	1
Second Battle of Philippi	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman civil war battle ⓘ ancient battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
associatedWith	Roman Republic ⓘ Second Triumvirate ⓘ
belligerent	Liberators ⓘ Second Triumvirate ⓘ assassins of Julius Caesar ⓘ
combatant	army of Gaius Cassius Longinus ⓘ army of Marcus Junius Brutus ⓘ forces of Mark Antony ⓘ forces of Octavian ⓘ
commander	Gaius Cassius Longinus ⓘ Marcus Junius Brutus ⓘ Mark Antony ⓘ Augustus ⓘ surface form: Octavian
conflictIn	Roman civil wars ⓘ
date	42 BC ⓘ
firstEngagementDate	October 3, 42 BC ⓘ
followedBy	division of Roman territories between Antony and Octavian ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late Roman Republic ⓘ
location	Macedonia region ⓘ surface form: Macedonia Roman province of Macedonia ⓘ near Philippi ⓘ
namedAfter	city of Philippi ⓘ
notableFor	decisive defeat of the Liberators ⓘ largest Roman civil war battle in terms of troop numbers ⓘ
outcome	suicide of Brutus after the second battle ⓘ suicide of Cassius after the first battle ⓘ
partOf	Liberators’ civil war ⓘ surface form: Liberators' civil war
politicalConsequence	consolidation of power by Mark Antony and Octavian ⓘ paved the way for Octavian’s rise as Augustus ⓘ
precededBy	Mutina campaign ⓘ surface form: Battle of Mutina assassination of Julius Caesar ⓘ
primarySource	Appian’s Roman History ⓘ surface form: Appian’s Civil Wars Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ Plutarch’s Parallel Lives ⓘ surface form: Plutarch’s Lives
result	decisive victory for the Second Triumvirate ⓘ defeat of Brutus and Cassius ⓘ
secondEngagementDate	October 23, 42 BC ⓘ
seriesOfEngagements	two main battles ⓘ
strategicConsequence	end of organized resistance by Caesar’s assassins ⓘ
theater	Macedonian theater of the Roman civil wars ⓘ
year	42 BC ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mark Antony → notableBattle → Battle of Philippi ⓘ

Roman civil wars → hasKeyEvent → Battle of Philippi ⓘ

Late Roman Republic → hasMajorEvent → Battle of Philippi ⓘ

Horatius → participatedIn → Battle of Philippi ⓘ

Philippi → knownFor → Battle of Philippi ⓘ

Battle of Vienna (American Civil War) → precededBy → Battle of Philippi ⓘ

Marcus Junius Brutus → diedInConflict → Battle of Philippi ⓘ

Second Triumvirate → keyBattle → Battle of Philippi ⓘ

Lex Titia → precedes → Battle of Philippi ⓘ

Gaius Cassius Longinus → participatedIn → Battle of Philippi ⓘ

Gaius Cassius Longinus → diedIn → Battle of Philippi ⓘ

Liberators’ civil war → hasPart → Battle of Philippi ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Battle of Philippi

Liberators’ civil war → hasPart → Battle of Philippi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Battle of Philippi

Liberators’ civil war → hasPart → Battle of Philippi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Philippi (overall campaign)

Liberators’ civil war → decisiveBattle → Battle of Philippi ⓘ

Mutina campaign → relatedTo → Battle of Philippi ⓘ

Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus → diedIn → Battle of Philippi ⓘ

Colonia Iulia Augusta Philippensis → foundedAfter → Battle of Philippi ⓘ

Mars Ultor → vowContext → Battle of Philippi ⓘ

Mars Ultor → linkedToEvent → Battle of Philippi ⓘ

Archaeological Sites of Philippi → significantEvent → Battle of Philippi ⓘ