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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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 ⓘ