At the end of this work, the sister of Cleopatra executes Ptolemy and attempts to kill a man who conquered Pharos and whose army includes the hero Scaeva and Gaius Trebonius.
A battle in this work is described where men strung cables into the water and wrecked their enemy's ships, while the son of one leader in this work is dissuaded from destroying the pyramids at Giza by a man who inspired the losing army to travel to the oracle of Ammon. After the Sicilian Curio's men were massacred in Libya, a meeting at Epirus is held. The survivors of the central conflict were pursued to the Hellespont, and a witch predicted the downfall of the army that included Gnaeus. At the end of this work, the sister of Cleopatra executes Ptolemy and attempts to kill a man who conquered Pharos and whose army includes the hero Scaeva and Gaius Trebonius. For 10 points, name this poem in which Cato and Brutus side with Pompey, who loses the title battle to Julius Caesar, a work by Lucan.
A battle in this work is described where men strung cables into the water and wrecked their enemy's ships, while the son of one leader in this work is dissuaded from destroying the pyramids at Giza by a man who inspired the losing army to travel to the oracle of Ammon.
{Pharsalia}