Pharsalus

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ancient city battle settlement

Pharsalus is an ancient city in central Greece best known as the site near which Julius Caesar decisively defeated Pompey in 48 BCE during the Roman civil war.

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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city → battle → settlement →
ancientName	Pharsalos →
approximateCoordinates	39.3°N 22.4°E →
associatedEvent	Roman civil war between Caesar and Pompey →
associatedWithFigure	Julius Caesar → Pompey the Great →
belligerent	Optimates → Populares →
combatant	Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus → Julius Caesar →
commandedAt	Battle of Pharsalus → Battle of Pharsalus →
country	Greece →
date	48 BCE →
hasModernSuccessor	Farsala →
historicalPeriod	Classical antiquity → Hellenistic period → Roman period →
knownFor	Battle of Pharsalus →
languageInAntiquity	Ancient Greek →
locatedIn	central Greece →
locatedInModernPeriphery	Thessaly periphery →
locatedInModernRegionalUnit	Larissa regional unit →
locatedInRegion	Thessaly →
locatedNear	Enipeus River →
locatedOn	Thessalian plain →
location	Thessaly →
mentionedBy	Appian → Plutarch → Strabo →
modernName	Farsala →
nearbyAncientCities	Larissa → Pherae → Scotussa →
notableFor	role in Roman Republican history → role in Thessalian politics →
partOf	Caesar’s Civil War → Roman civil wars →
politicalStatusInAntiquity	polis →
regionInAntiquity	Thessaliotis →
religionInAntiquity	Ancient Greek religion →
result	decisive Caesarian victory →
strategicImportance	control of Thessalian plain →
tookPlaceNear	Pharsalus →
underRomanControlFrom	2nd century BCE →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Julius Caesar ("Battle of Pharsalus") → Pompey ("Battle of Pharsalus") →	commandedAt
Thessaly →	containsCity
Caesar’s civil war ("Battle of Pharsalus") →	hasKeyBattle
Roman civil wars ("Battle of Pharsalus") →	hasKeyEvent
Pharsalus ("Battle of Pharsalus") →	knownFor
Pompey the Great ("Battle of Pharsalus") →	lostBattle
Pompey the Great ("Battle of Pharsalus") →	notableBattle
Battle of Pharsalus →	tookPlaceNear