The Battle of Philippi was the final battle in the Wars of the Second Triumvirate between the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian (of the Second Triumvirate) and the forces of the tyrannicides Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus in 42 BC, at Philippi in Macedonia. The Second Triumvirate declared this civil war to avenge Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC.The battle consisted of two engagements in the plain west of the ancient city of Philippi.
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| - The Battle of Philippi was the final battle in the Wars of the Second Triumvirate between the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian (of the Second Triumvirate) and the forces of the tyrannicides Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus in 42 BC, at Philippi in Macedonia. The Second Triumvirate declared this civil war to avenge Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC.The battle consisted of two engagements in the plain west of the ancient city of Philippi.
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| - Liberators, controlling the Eastern provinces of Roman Republic
- Second Triumvirate
- Supported byPtolemaic Egyptand theParthian Empire
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| - 17 legions,
- 19 legions,
- up to 187,000 troops if auxiliary numbers matched legionary numbers
- allied cavalry 17,000;
- allied cavalry 33,000;
- total about 100,000 men,
- total over 100,000 men,
- up to 223,000 troops if auxiliary numbers matched legionary numbers
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