Roman civil wars

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historical event series of civil wars

The Roman civil wars were a series of internal conflicts during the late Roman Republic in which rival political and military leaders, culminating in the struggle between Octavian and Mark Antony, fought for supreme control of Rome and ultimately paved the way for the Roman Empire.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Final War of the Roman Republic 5
Civil Wars 1
Roman civil and foreign wars 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
series of civil wars ⓘ
conflictType civil war ⓘ
power struggle ⓘ
describedIn ancient Roman historiography ⓘ
followedBy establishment of the Principate ⓘ
reign of Augustus ⓘ
hasCause breakdown of Republican institutions ⓘ
competition for supreme power in Rome ⓘ
political instability in the late Roman Republic ⓘ
rivalry between powerful generals ⓘ
hasEffect concentration of power in a single ruler ⓘ
economic disruption in Roman territories ⓘ
end of the Roman Republic ⓘ
large-scale loss of life ⓘ
political and social upheaval in Rome ⓘ
rise of the Roman Empire ⓘ
hasEndTime 1st century BCE ⓘ
hasKeyEvent Battle of Actium ⓘ
Pharsalus ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Pharsalus

Battle of Philippi ⓘ
assassination of Julius Caesar ⓘ
proscription of political enemies ⓘ
hasMainLocation Italy ⓘ
Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
surface form: Mediterranean region

Roman Republic ⓘ
hasOutcome Octavian becomes sole ruler of Rome ⓘ
creation of the title Augustus for Octavian ⓘ
transition from oligarchic republic to autocratic empire ⓘ
hasPart Caesar’s civil war ⓘ
Roman civil wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Final War of the Roman Republic

Liberators’ civil war ⓘ
Mutina campaign ⓘ
Perusine War ⓘ
Sulla’s civil war ⓘ
war between Octavian and Mark Antony ⓘ
hasParticipant Gaius Cassius Longinus ⓘ
Gaius Julius Caesar ⓘ
Gaius Marius ⓘ
Augustus ⓘ
surface form: Gaius Octavius (Octavian/Augustus)

Pompey the Great ⓘ
surface form: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus

Lucius Cornelius Sulla ⓘ
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus ⓘ
Mark Antony ⓘ
surface form: Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony)

Marcus Junius Brutus ⓘ
Roman Senate ⓘ
Roman legion ⓘ
surface form: Roman legions
hasStartTime 1st century BCE ⓘ
partOf history of the Roman Republic ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Byzantium → besiegedDuring → Roman civil wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Final War of the Roman Republic
Battle of the Milvian Bridge → conflictOf → Roman civil wars ⓘ
Year of the Four Emperors → conflictType → Roman civil wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman civil war
Appian’s Roman History → coversEvent → Roman civil wars ⓘ
Roman civil wars → hasPart → Roman civil wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Final War of the Roman Republic
Appian’s Roman History → includesBook → Roman civil wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Civil Wars
Numidia → involvedInConflict → Roman civil wars ⓘ
Appian’s Roman History → mainSubject → Roman civil wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman civil and foreign wars
Julius Caesar → militaryConflict → Roman civil wars ⓘ
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa → militaryConflict → Roman civil wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Final War of the Roman Republic
Battle of Actium → partOf → Roman civil wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Final War of the Roman Republic
Pharsalus → partOf → Roman civil wars ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Pharsalus
Battle of the Frigidus in 394 → partOf → Roman civil wars ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of the Frigidus
Roman army → participatedIn → Roman civil wars ⓘ
Donations of Alexandria → politicalContext → Roman civil wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Final War of the Roman Republic
Atia Balba Caesonia → relatedTo → Roman civil wars ⓘ