Gaius Julius Caesar And Aulus Hirtius

Julius Caesar's defeat of his opponents from 60 to late 47 BC was celebrated by a quadruple triumph in Rome. His battle-hardened legions had first spent eleven years in the conquest of Gaul. This was followed by a march on Rome to declare the senate mandate that Caesar step down as invalid and unacceptable. After a short time the legions marched overland to Spain to defeat the Pompeian legions stationed there made famous by the first part of the famous quote fighting an army without a general.

After victory in Spain the troops marched back through Rome to Brundisium where they then travelled across the sea to face the general without an army as they defeated Pompey at Pharsalus. They chased Pompey to Egypt only to find that he had...

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