Philippi II (42 BC)

After the first battle of Philippi, a fleet bringing supplies to Anthony and Octavian’s army was destroyed and supplies for the Triumvirate legions began running out. Brutus was content to watch the army of Antony and Octavian starve. However, the …

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After the first battle of Philippi, a fleet bringing supplies to Anthony and Octavian’s army was destroyed and supplies for the Triumvirate legions began running out. Brutus was content to watch the army of Antony and Octavian starve. However, the Republican legionnaires wanted to fight and Brutus tried and failed to convince his troops to wait. Brutus, a poorer general than Cassius, gave in when his men became restless and lined up for battle. Brutus, commanding the right wing of his army, drove the enemy’s left under Antony back, with the help of the more numerous Republican cavalry. The Republican center and left wing had to extend to avoid being outflanked. Octavian attacked and the Republican center quickly gave ground and eventually broke. The victorious Octavian then turned and took Brutus in the flank. Brutus fled and later killed himself. The Triumvirs had won this round of the civil war, but would later turn against each other.

Filippoi, Greece

The Battle of Philippi was the final battle in the Wars of the Second Triumvirate between the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian and the leaders of Julius Caesar's assassination, Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC, at Philippi in Macedonia. The Second Triumvirate declared the civil war ostensibly to avenge Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC, but the underlying cause was a long-brewing conflict between the so-called Optimates and the so-called Populares.

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