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The Battle of Philippi was the final battle in the Wars of the Second Triumvirate between the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian (the Second Triumvirate) against the forces of ...
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The Battle of Philippi: Battle of Philippi (42 BCE): decisive battle in the war between the assassins of Caesar and his avengers, the triumvirs, who won.

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Battle of Philippi, battle in 42 bc in which Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus fought against the Roman Republic, following the assassination of Julius Caesar.

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combatants in the Battle of Philippi, see Mark Antony; Augustus: The Second Triumvirate; Marcus Junius Brutus; Horace; Gauis Cassius Longinus; Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (90?-13 BC); Publius Servilius Casca

location of the battle, see Philippi

events leading up to the battle, see Julius Caesar: Dictatorship and Assassination; Ancient Rome: The End of the Roman Republic

depiction of the battle in Shakespeare’s play, see Julius Caesar

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