Caeser's presence in Egypt soon caused the region to descend into a state of war. Unable to acquire Pompey alive he instead demanded money owed by the previous pharaoh, shortly thereafter a siege broke out within Alexandria. At the end of the siege Cleopatra and one of her surviving brothers...
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Ha, no. I will skim over the Battle of Pharsalis though.
Caeser and Pompey deployed their army by a river. Pompey deployed all his cavalry on the left wing led by Labeinus, the infantry there by Team Rocket Domitius. The cavalry charged and and were routed when they encountered a...
The Roman legionary is the basic military force of the late Roman republic. Consisted of male Roman Citizens under the age of 45, legionnaires are expected to serve for 25 years on campaign, policing, construction and everything in between; with their remaining 5 years allocated towards light...
With raids across the 'no man's land' between the two walls becoming frequent, Pompey caught a break when some Gauls defected and began leaking out intel on Caeser's wall. Utilizing this information an all out attack was made on the southernmost section and successfully pushed back Caesers wall...
Now in Greece under unfavorable conditions Caeser tried to goad Pompey into attacking across the river; he didn't bite the bait, the Pompeians correctly assumed that Caeser would be out of food within weeks, time was on their side. Knowing this Caeser abruptly marched off to the supply depot at...
Caeser's next goal was to deal with Pompey in Greece. Marching by land would take far too long and too strenuous on logistics, the only way is by sea. The problem was that Pompey has the naval advantage and blockaded the coast and multiple trips was necessary to move the entire army. Worse...