Battle of Philippi

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The Battle of Philippi was a decisive series of engagements in 42 BC during the Roman civil wars, in which the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian defeated the armies of Julius Caesar’s assassins Brutus and Cassius in Macedonia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman civil war battle ⓘ
ancient battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
associatedWith Roman Republic ⓘ
Second Triumvirate ⓘ
belligerent Liberators ⓘ
Second Triumvirate ⓘ
assassins of Julius Caesar ⓘ
combatant army of Gaius Cassius Longinus ⓘ
army of Marcus Junius Brutus ⓘ
forces of Mark Antony ⓘ
forces of Octavian ⓘ
commander Gaius Cassius Longinus ⓘ
Marcus Junius Brutus ⓘ
Mark Antony ⓘ
Octavian ⓘ
linked to: Augustus
conflictIn Roman civil wars ⓘ
date 42 BC ⓘ
firstEngagementDate October 3, 42 BC ⓘ
followedBy division of Roman territories between Antony and Octavian ⓘ
historicalPeriod late Roman Republic ⓘ
location Macedonia ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia region

Roman province of Macedonia ⓘ
near Philippi ⓘ
namedAfter city of Philippi ⓘ
notableFor decisive defeat of the Liberators ⓘ
largest Roman civil war battle in terms of troop numbers ⓘ
outcome suicide of Brutus after the second battle ⓘ
suicide of Cassius after the first battle ⓘ
partOf Liberators' civil war ⓘ
politicalConsequence consolidation of power by Mark Antony and Octavian ⓘ
paved the way for Octavian’s rise as Augustus ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Mutina ⓘ
linked to: Mutina campaign

assassination of Julius Caesar ⓘ
primarySource Appian’s Civil Wars ⓘ
Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ
Plutarch’s Lives ⓘ
result decisive victory for the Second Triumvirate ⓘ
defeat of Brutus and Cassius ⓘ
secondEngagementDate October 23, 42 BC ⓘ
seriesOfEngagements two main battles ⓘ
strategicConsequence end of organized resistance by Caesar’s assassins ⓘ
theater Macedonian theater of the Roman civil wars ⓘ
year 42 BC ⓘ

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Mark Antony → notableBattle → Battle of Philippi ⓘ
Roman civil wars → hasKeyEvent → Battle of Philippi ⓘ
Late Roman Republic → hasMajorEvent → Battle of Philippi ⓘ
Horatius → participatedIn → Battle of Philippi ⓘ
Philippi → knownFor → Battle of Philippi ⓘ
Marcus Junius Brutus → diedInConflict → Battle of Philippi ⓘ
Second Triumvirate → keyBattle → Battle of Philippi ⓘ
Lex Titia → precedes → Battle of Philippi ⓘ
Gaius Cassius Longinus → participatedIn → Battle of Philippi ⓘ
Gaius Cassius Longinus → diedIn → Battle of Philippi ⓘ
Liberators’ civil war → hasPart → Battle of Philippi ⓘ
Liberators’ civil war → hasPart → First Battle of Philippi ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Philippi
Liberators’ civil war → hasPart → Second Battle of Philippi ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Philippi
Liberators’ civil war → hasPart → Battle of Philippi (overall campaign) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Philippi
Liberators’ civil war → decisiveBattle → Battle of Philippi ⓘ
Mutina campaign → relatedTo → Battle of Philippi ⓘ
Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus → diedIn → Battle of Philippi ⓘ
Mars Ultor → vowContext → Battle of Philippi ⓘ
Mars Ultor → linkedToEvent → Battle of Philippi ⓘ
Julius Caesar (play) → containsEvent → Battle of Philippi ⓘ
Liberators (Brutus and Cassius) → battle → Battle of Philippi ⓘ
War of the Liberators → hasPart → Battle of Philippi ⓘ
subject linked to: war of the Liberators
War of the Liberators → hasPart → First Battle of Philippi ⓘ
subject linked to: war of the Liberators
linked to: Battle of Philippi
War of the Liberators → hasPart → Second Battle of Philippi ⓘ
subject linked to: war of the Liberators
linked to: Battle of Philippi
Gaius Julius Caesar (Augustus) → battle → Battle of Philippi ⓘ
Mausoleum of Lucius Munatius Plancus → builtAfter → Battle of Philippi ⓘ
subject linked to: mausoleum at Gaeta
Battle of Rich Mountain → precededBy → Battle of Philippi ⓘ