Caesar’s civil war

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Roman civil war ancient war civil war

Caesar’s civil war was the conflict (49–45 BCE) in which Julius Caesar fought against the forces of the Roman Senate led by Pompey, ultimately leading to the end of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.

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Caesar's Civil War 21
Caesar’s Civil War 17
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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman civil war ⓘ
ancient war ⓘ
civil war ⓘ
cause Senate’s demand that Caesar disband his army ⓘ
conflict between Julius Caesar and the Roman Senate ⓘ
political rivalry between Caesar and Pompey ⓘ
conflictIn Late Roman Republic ⓘ
consequence concentration of power in a single ruler ⓘ
end of the Roman Republic ⓘ
establishment of Caesar’s dictatorship ⓘ
rise of the Roman Empire ⓘ
documentedBy Appian ⓘ
Julius Caesar ⓘ
Plutarch ⓘ
Suetonius ⓘ
documentedIn Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
endTime 45 BCE ⓘ
followedBy Liberators’ civil war ⓘ
hasBelligerent Caesarian faction ⓘ
Optimates ⓘ
Pompeian faction ⓘ
Populares ⓘ
Roman Senate ⓘ
hasCasusBelli Caesar’s refusal to surrender command in Gaul ⓘ
hasCommander Gnaeus Pompeius (son of Pompey) ⓘ
Pompey the Great ⓘ
surface form: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus

Julius Caesar ⓘ
Mark Antony ⓘ
surface form: Marcus Antonius

Cato the Younger ⓘ
surface form: Marcus Porcius Cato the Younger

Metellus Scipio ⓘ
Sextus Pompeius ⓘ
Titus Labienus ⓘ
hasKeyBattle Battle of Corfinium ⓘ
Battle of Dyrrhachium ⓘ
Battle of Ilerda ⓘ
Battle of Munda ⓘ
Pharsalus ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Pharsalus

Battle of Thapsus ⓘ
Battle of the Rubicon ⓘ
Siege of Brundisium ⓘ
Siege of Massilia ⓘ
hasKeyEvent Caesar’s campaign in Hispania ⓘ
Caesar’s dictatorship ⓘ
Caesar’s pursuit of Pompeians in Africa ⓘ
Battle of the Rubicon ⓘ
surface form: Crossing of the Rubicon

assassination of Pompey in Egypt ⓘ
flight of Pompey to Egypt ⓘ
hasMainBelligerent Julius Caesar ⓘ
Pompey the Great ⓘ
surface form: Pompey
hasSymbolicEvent “alea iacta est” (the die is cast) at the Rubicon ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1st century BCE ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Latin ⓘ
location Egypt ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Hispania

Italy ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
notableFigure Marcus Junius Brutus ⓘ
surface form: Brutus

Gaius Cassius Longinus ⓘ
surface form: Cassius

Cicero ⓘ
Cleopatra VII ⓘ
opponent Pompeian forces ⓘ
forces of the Roman Senate ⓘ
partOf Late Roman Republic ⓘ
surface form: crisis of the Roman Republic
precededBy First Triumvirate ⓘ
result defeat of Pompeian faction ⓘ
end of effective power of the Roman Senate ⓘ
victory of Julius Caesar ⓘ
startTime 49 BCE ⓘ

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