Caesar's crossing of the Adriatic in 48 BC

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Caesar's crossing of the Adriatic in 48 BC was a pivotal maneuver in the Roman civil war in which Julius Caesar ferried his forces from Italy to the Balkans to confront Pompey’s army.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the Roman civil war ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
military maneuver ⓘ
category 48 BC in the Roman Republic ⓘ
Naval operations of the Roman Republic ⓘ
conflict Pompeian fleet ⓘ
describedBySource Appian ⓘ
Julius Caesar ⓘ
Plutarch ⓘ
describedIn Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Dyrrhachium ⓘ
Battle of Pharsalus ⓘ
linked to: Pharsalus

Caesar's campaign in Epirus ⓘ
hasCommander Gaius Julius Caesar ⓘ
hasLanguageOfPrimarySource Latin ⓘ
hasLanguageOfSecondarySource Greek ⓘ
hasLocation Adriatic Sea ⓘ
Balkans ⓘ
Dyrrhachium region ⓘ
linked to: Dyrrhachium

Epirus ⓘ
Illyria ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
hasParticipant Gaius Julius Caesar ⓘ
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus ⓘ
linked to: Pompey the Great

Pompeian forces ⓘ
Roman legions loyal to Caesar ⓘ
historicalPeriod late Roman Republic ⓘ
linked to: Late Roman Republic
involves Roman Republican naval warfare ⓘ
opposedBy Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus ⓘ
linked to: Pompey the Great

Pompeian naval forces ⓘ
partOf Caesar's Civil War ⓘ
Roman civil war of 49–45 BC ⓘ
pointInTime 48 BC ⓘ
precededBy Caesar's campaign in Italy in 49–48 BC ⓘ
Pompey's withdrawal from Italy ⓘ
result Caesar established a foothold in the Balkans ⓘ
Caesar successfully crossed the Adriatic Sea ⓘ
riskLevel high risk due to Pompeian naval superiority ⓘ
significance enabled Caesar to bring the war to Pompey in the eastern provinces ⓘ
pivotal maneuver in the Roman civil war ⓘ
strategicObjective to confront Pompey's main army ⓘ
to transfer Caesar's army from Italy to the Balkans ⓘ
tacticalCharacteristic conducted in winter conditions ⓘ
involved partial and staggered crossings of forces ⓘ
relied on speed and surprise ⓘ
usedMeans Roman warships ⓘ
transport ships ⓘ

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Battle of Dyrrhachium → precededBy → Caesar's crossing of the Adriatic in 48 BC ⓘ