Caesar's civil war

one of the last politico-military conflicts in the Roman Republic before the establishment of the Roman Empire

thumb|The Pharsalia was especially popular in times of civil wars and similar troubles; for example the editor of this 1592 edition, Theodor Pulmann, explains Lucan's relevance by the French Wars of Religion (1562–98). De Bello Civili (; On the Civil War), more commonly referred to as the Pharsalia (, feminine singular), is a Roman epic poem written by the poet Lucan, detailing the civil war between Julius Caesar and the forces of the Roman Senate led by Pompey the Great. The poem's title is a reference to the Battle of Pharsalus, which occurred in 48 BC near Pharsalus, Thessaly, in Northern G

49 BCE military blockade and naval battle, part of Caesar's civil war against Pompey

Caesar's intervention in Egypt during his civil war