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Definition of Battle of Philippi
1. Noun. Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Battle Of Philippi
Literary usage of Battle of Philippi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Greatness and Decline of Rome by Guglielmo Ferrero, Henry John Chaytor, Sir Alfred Eckhard Zimmern (1909)
"CHAPTER XI THE MASSACRE OF THE RICH AND THE battle of Philippi The triumvirate—The
convention of Bologna—The fortune of Lepidus—The " lex Titia "—The ..."
2. The Greatness and Decline of Rome by Guglielmo Ferrero, Alfred Eckhard Zimmern, Henry John Chaytor (1908)
"CHAPTER XI THE MASSACRE OF THE RICH AND THE battle of Philippi The triumvirate—The
convention of Bologna—The fortune of Lepidus—The " lex Titia "—The ..."
3. A History of Rome by Robert Fowler Leighton (1883)
"The battle of Philippi (B. c. 42).—Early in Bc42, military operations commenced.
Octavius attempted to drive Sextus Pompejus out of Sicily, ..."
4. A History of Rome from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire by Henry George Liddell (1855)
"First battle of Philippi: death of Cassius. §25. Second battle of Philippi: death
of Brutus. § 26. Character of Brutus. § 1. WHILE the Conspirators were at ..."
5. A History of Rome from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire by Henry George Liddell (1855)
"First battle of Philippi: death of Cassius. §25. Second battle of Philippi: death
of Brutus. § 26. Character of Brutus. § 1. WHILE the Conspirators were at ..."
6. The History of Nations by Henry Cabot Lodge (1906)
"Chapter III THE battle of Philippi AND THE NEW DIVISION OF THE EMPIRE. 42-37 BC
THE Greeks took little interest in the political struggles of their Roman ..."
7. Teuffels̓ History of Roman Literature by Wilhelm Sigismund Teuffel (1891)
"... but after the battle of Actium Asinius Pollio soon perceived that it was
advisable to close his work on the Civil "Wars witli the battle of Philippi. ..."
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