PHARSALUS

färˈsäləs, ancient city, Thessaly, Greece. Near there in 48 b.c., Julius Caesar decisively defeated Pompey, who had a much larger force. Lucan's Bellum Civile (often called Pharsalia) is an epic of the civil war.

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books on: Pharsalus  - 398 results

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Lucan: Spectacle and Engagement
Book by Matthew Leigh; Clarendon Press, 1997
Subjects: Epic Poetry, Latin--History And Criticism, Lucan--39-65--Pharsalia, Pharsalus, Battle Of, 48 B.C., In Literature, Rome--History--Civil War, 49-45 B.C--Literature And The War
...49-48 B.C-Literature and the war. 3. Pharsalus, Battle of, 48 B.C., in literature...41 3. Pharsalus-Wishing and Watching 77...most concentrated expression in the Pharsalus narrative of Book 7, the text as a whole...
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The Pharsalia of Lucan: Literally Translated into English Prose with Copious Notes
Book by H. T. Riley; Henry G. Bohn, 1853
Subjects: Pharsalus, Battle Of, 48 B.C, Rome--History--Civil War, 49-48 B.C
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Imperial Caesar
Book by Rex George Warner; Collins, 1960
Subjects: Caesar, Julius--Fiction, Fiction
...the decisive victory over Pompey at Pharsalus, these, and other equally famous campaigns...262 VII TO PHARSALUS 278...died like a hero, sure of victory, at Pharsalus. If, in the future, anyone reads my books...
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The Civil War: With the Anonymous Alexandrian, African, and Spanish Wars
Book by Julius Palmer Caesar, John Palmer Carter; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: Rome--History--Civil War, 49-45 B.C
...resulted left him, after Pompeys defeat at Pharsalus and death in Egypt, in sole control...which was to lead to the victory at Pharsalus at starting to occur after their nadir...won. In the light of what happened at Pharsalus, the taking of Gomphi was a small matter...
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Caesar, a History of the Art of War among the Romans Down to the End of the Roman Empire, with a Detailed Account of the Campaigns of Caius Julius Caesar
Book by Theodore Ayrault Dodge; Biblo and Tannen, 1963
Subjects: Caesar, Julius, Military Art And Science--History, Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C
...541 XXXV. PHARSALUS. JUNE 29, 48 B. C. 557...549 Pharsalus Plain 555...Armies at Pharsalus 561...
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journal articles on: Pharsalus  - 5 results

 
 
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Cleopatra's Kidnappers: How Caesar's Sixth Legion Gave Egypt to Rome and Rome to Caesar
Journal article by Adrian Tronson; The Historian, Vol. 68, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Cleopatra's Kidnappers: How Caesar's Sixth Legion Gave Egypt to Rome and Rome to Caesar (Book)--Book reviews
...Biographers from Suetonius and Plutarch to M. Gelzer and C. Meier have regarded Caesars failure to follow up his victory at Pharsalus in 48 BC, his intervention in Ptolemaic politics, and his "dalliance" in Alexandria with Cleopatra while his forces were mired...
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"A Trial against Myself": Identity and Determinism in Diderot's Jacques le Fataliste
Journal article by Joseph Breines; The Romanic Review, Vol. 90, 1999
Subjects: Determinism (Philosophy)--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Diderot, Denis--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Identity--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Jacques le fataliste (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...the victor of Pharsalus is just the proposition that Caesar is Caesar...actualized another of his well-known attributes: "victor at Pharsalus." Yet this is the playful logic that the police officer brings...
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Georg Kaiser's Amphitryon: An Expressionistic Dilemma
Journal article by Paul Neumarkt; Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, Vol. 25, 2004
Subjects: German literature--Criticism and interpretation
...bogus of their own creation. (6) When victory in the battle of Pharsalus is assured, Amphitryon exploits the momentary exhileration...to return to his wife even after the victorious battle at Pharsalus. Wilfred Trotter maintains that the individual affiliated...
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Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, I.I.51
Journal article by Clifford J. Ronan; The Explicator, Vol. 42, 1983
Subjects: American Literature--History And Criticism, English Literature--History And Criticism
...conspirators against Caesar are risking in a single battle "all their liberties . . . . As Pompey was . . . compelld" to do his at Pharsalus (V.i.74-75). And, most important, when Caesar falls, Pompey gains symbolic revenge, for Caesar sprawls along "the base of...
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Caesar: Life of a Colossus
Journal article by J. Boone Bartholomees Jr.; Parameters, Vol. 37, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Caesar: Life of a Colossus (Book)--Book reviews
...excursions to Britain, the First Triumvirate, and the eventual crossing of the Rubicon. I had almost lost interest in Caesar after Pharsalus, the climatic battle of the civil war when Caesar beat Pompey. Goldsworthy, however, makes the rest of Caesars life interesting...


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magazine articles on: Pharsalus  - 4 results

 
 
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Power Games
Magazine article by Frank Mclynn; New Statesman, Vol. 132, September 15, 2003
Subjects: Rubicon: the Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic (Book)--Reviews
...vacuum. In his military history Holland shortchanges us on Caesars military campaigns (nothing on the battles of Thapsus, Pharsalus, Zela and Munda) and does not stress enough the originality of his campaigns: he was operating in unknown lands, not the tried...
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Alexander's Final Resting Place: Andrew Chugg Pinpoints the Emperor's Long-Lost Tomb
Magazine article by Andrew Chugg; History Today, Vol. 54, July 2004
Subjects: Alexander the Great, Alexandria, Egypt (City)--Buildings and facilities, Greece--History, Greek history, Kings, Kings and rulers, Tombs--Discovery and exploration
...poem by Lucan, composed during the reign of Nero. This recounts Julius Caesars victory over his rival Pompey at the battle of Pharsalus and Caesars ensuing pursuit of his opponent to Egypt. In two crucial passages Lucan describes Alexanders body preserved within...
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The Rise of Caesarism: The Weakened Roman Republic Was Crushed by Julius Caesar, a Charismatic Military Leader Who Exploited His Popularity with a Roman People Who Desired Security above All Else
Magazine article by Steve Bonta; The New American, Vol. 21, January 10, 2005
Subjects: Caesar, Julius--Criticism and interpretation, Caesar, Julius--History, Rome (Ancient state)--Natural history, Statesmen--Criticism and interpretation, Statesmen--History
...by premonitions of disaster, Pompey bowed to the demands of his men and led them to the place where all would be hazarded, Pharsalus in northern Greece. Only about a month had elapsed since Dyrrachium, and Pompeys forces greatly outnumbered those of his...
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Death & Politics
Magazine article by Joseph Bottum; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, June 2007
Subjects: Burial laws--Analysis, Cemeteries--Facility closures, Death--Analysis, Mourning customs--Analysis, Politics--Analysis, San Francisco, California--Domestic policy, San Francisco, California--History
...poetically that funerals are unnecessary to honor the dead, after Caesars refusal to allow rites for his slain opponents at Pharsalus, because the sky itself is their monumental covering. But the Aeneid gives the older Roman tradition, when the sibyl warns...


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newspaper articles on: Pharsalus  - 1 result

 
 
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Recounting Savage Battles, Victories of Ancient Rome with Caesar's Help
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 3, 2002
Subjects: Caesar, Julius, Rome, Italy
...political sinews to give it coherence. Dozens of savage battles are recounted in exacting detail, such as the climatic clash of Pharsalus, a close-run thing which ended the long contest for power in Caesars favor over his intense rival Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus...


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encyclopedia articles on: Pharsalus  - 16 results

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Pharsalus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PHARSALUS far sal s, ancient city, Thessaly, Greece. Near there in 48 b.c., Julius Caesar decisively defeated Pompey, who had a much larger...
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Varro, Marcus Terentius
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...writer of his times, Varro is estimated to have written about 620 volumes. He served as Pompeys legate in Spain and fought at Pharsalus, but was reconciled with Caesar, who made him director of the proposed public library. At the time of the Second Triumvirate...
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Dolabella
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Tullia, daughter of Cicero, to gain the support of that statesman. He transferred allegiance from Pompey to Caesar, fought at Pharsalus, and accompanied Caesar to Africa and Spain. On the assassination of Caesar he at first favored the conspirators, then, with...
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Pompeius, Sextus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...SEXTUS sek st s pompa s, d. 35 b.c., Roman commander; one of the sons of Pompey the Great. He fought for his father at Pharsalus, then went to Egypt and, after the battle of Thapsus, to Spain, where he continued warring against Caesars followers after...
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Cicero, Quintus Tullius
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...off the attacks of Ambiorix; and went to Cilicia (51 b.c.) as legate with his brother. He fought for Pompey in the battle of Pharsalus. He was proscribed and killed with his brother. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with...
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