It was preceded by an indecisive engagement in the harbor of Marseilles, forcing one general to flee from Iberia and Tarraconnensis, but the victor made a foolish attempt to surprise his enemy's forces at Dyrrhachium.
It was preceded by an indecisive engagement in the harbor of Marseilles, forcing one general to flee from Iberia and Tarraconnensis, but the victor made a foolish attempt to surprise his enemy's forces at Dyrrhachium. That man, who had hoped to renew a ten-year old alliance with his opponent, had his Equestris, Fulminata, and Gallica legions cornered in Thessaly, and badly outnumbered. At last Marc Antony crossed the Adriatic with 3 legions of reinforcements for Caesar, carrying the day. FTP identify this 48 BC battle, subject of an eponymous epic by Lucan in Greece at which the forces of Julius Caesar decisively defeated the coalition army of Cnaeus Ahenobarbus, Cato the Younger, and Pompey Magnus.
It was preceded by an indecisive engagement in the harbor of Marseilles, forcing one general to flee from Iberia and Tarraconnensis, but the victor made a foolish attempt to surprise his enemy's forces at Dyrrhachium.
Battle of {Pharsalus}