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	List of battles 1400 BC-AD 600
		Battle of Himera The Carthaginians under Hamilcar are defeated by the Greeks of Sicily, led by Gelon of Syracuse.
		Battle of Sellasia Defeat of Cleomenes III of Sparta by Antigonus Doson of Macedon and the Achaean League
		Battle of Herdonia Hannibal destroys the Roman army of the praetor Gnaeus Fulvius.
	www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_battles_1400_bc_ad_600.html (4725 words)

	The Beginning -- Philippi, 1861
		Shut in by the hills of north central Virginia, the village of Philippi, eighteen-year-old seat of Barbour County sprawled pleasantly along the eastern side of the winding Tygarts River.
		This monarch of the river was not alone the pride of Philippi, but the wonder of the whole region, and was a great boon to travelers on the turnpike, who had grown weary of the tedious and uncertain ferry.
		Her vacated home in Philippi suffered the fate of similarly abandoned houses, and was at the mercy of soldiers and civilians.
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	List of Roman battles
		October 23 - Second Battle of Philippi - Brutus's army is decisively defeated by Antony and Octavian.
		357 - Battle of Strasbourg (357) - Julian expels the Alamanni from the Rhineland
		447 - Battle of the Utus - Attila the Hun is defeated by the East Romans in an indecisive battle
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	CalendarHome.com - Marcus Junius Brutus - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The first battle, known as the First Battle of Philippi was fought on October 3, 42 BC, in which Brutus managed to defeat Octavian's forces although Cassius was defeated by Antony's forces.
		The Second Battle of Philippi was fought on October 23, 42 BC.
		After the Second Battle of Philippi, in which Brutus was defeated, he fled into the near by hills with only about 4 legions.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Marcus_Junius_Brutus (1929 words)

	List of battles 1400 BC-600 AD
		Battle of Asculum (89 BC)[?] The Roman army of C. Pompeius Strabo decisively defeats the rebels in the Social War.
		357 Battle of Strasbourg (357)[?] Julian expels the Alamanni from the Rhineland
		447 Battle of the Utus[?] Attila the Hun is defeated by the East Romans in an indecisive battle
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	KAVALA MACEDONIA GREECE INFO
		In spite of armed forces numerically superior and a strong defensive position in the fortified acropolis of Philippi, Brutus and Cassios were defeated, and the death on the battlefield of these two republicans marked the end of the Roman Republic.
		During the second and third centuries A.D. the theatre, used in Roman times as an arena for gladiators and wild beast shows, was extensively renovated and enlarged.
		Philippi prospered greatly during the 5th and 6th centuries A.D. as a place of pilgrimage associated with the memory and worship of St. Paul.
	www.macedonia.info /philippi.htm (872 words)

	Philippi, Greece \| Macedonia \| Via Egnatia From Neapolis (Kavalla)
		Philippi was described by the Greek historian Appian as the gate between Europe and Asia.
		It was in Philippi that Paul preached the gospel on European soil for the first time, first to Lydia and her household, then to the Philippian jailer and his family.
		Philippi was brought under Roman rule in 168 B.C. The Philippi which Paul visited was a Roman colony founded by Augustus after the famous battle of Philippi, fought here between Antony and Octavius and Brutus and Cassius, in 42 B.C. "Philippi was the site of one of the most significant military engagements in Roman history.
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	pphilippid
		Philippi was rebuilt and fortified by Philip II and soon grew to prominence.
		SE of Philippi is the port city of Neapolis, its closest avenue to the shipping lanes of the seas.
		Philippi was the sight of the famous battle in 42 B.C. between Cassius and Brutus and the victors Octavian (later known as Augustus) and Antony.
	www.mustardseed.net /html/pphilippid.html (1649 words)

	Leaders and Battles: Brutus, Marcus Junius
		Brutus, along with Cassius, raised a strong army in Asia Minor and together they made a stand against Octavianus and Antony at the First Battle of Philippi.
		Brutus regrouped the army and the Second Battle of Philippi was fought, and lost.
		Second Triumvirate, Wars of the (43 - 31 b.c.)
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	Marcus Junius Brutus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		On October 3, the First Battle of Philippi did not produce a decisive result.
		Both armies regrouped and fought the Second Battle of Philippi on October 23.
		October 23 - Second Battle of Philippi – his army was decisively defeated; Brutus escaped, but committed suicide soon after.
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	Macedonia
		And it was for that reason that one of the great decisive battles of history was fought much later at Philippi; for it was at Philippi that Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius, and thereby decided the whole future of the Roman Empire.
		The fertile plain of Philippi was the battlefield between Mark Antony and Octavian and Brutus and Cassius, in which the former conquered and the Roman Republic was overthrown in 42 B.C. In celebration of the victory the city was made a Roman colony with the special privileges this involved.
		How long they had stayed in Philippi we are not told, but the fact that the foundations of a strong and flourishing church had been laid and the phrase "for many days" (ver 18) lead us to believe that the time must have been a longer one than appears at first sight.
	www.pilgrimtours.com /greece/info/philippi.htm (5059 words)

	Battle of Philippi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The battle consisted of two engagements in the plain West of the ancient city of Philippi.
		Both armies retreated to their camps with their spoils, and the battle was essentially a draw, but for Cassius' suicide.
		A second encounter, on 23 October, finished off Brutus' forces, and he committed suicide in turn, leaving the triumvirate in control of the Roman world.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/B/Battle-of-Philippi.htm (248 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1369 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		second triumvirate formed by Octavianus, Antonius, and Lepidus: they take the title Triumviri ReipuUicae Constituendae : they proscribe their enemies.
		Second battle of Philippi and death of Brutus.
		Antonius defeated at the battle of Actium on the 2nd of September.
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	Marcus Junius Brutus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		After the disaster of the (Caesar defeated Pompey in 48 BC) Battle of Pharsalus, Brutus wrote Caesar with apologies and Caesar immediately forgave him.
		According to (Greek biographer who wrote Parallel Lives (46?-120 AD)) Plutarch and (Click link for more info and facts about Suetonius) Suetonius, Brutus was afflicted by dreams of Caesar and other (A sign of something about to happen) omens foretelling his defeat and his spirits were very low.
		October 23 - (Click link for more info and facts about Second Battle of Philippi) Second Battle of Philippi – his army was decisively defeated; Brutus escaped, but committed suicide soon after.
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	Philippi
		The Philippi which St. Paul visited was a Roman colony founded by Augustus after the famous battle of Philippi, fought here between Antony and Octavius and Brutus and Cassius, B.C. The remains which strew the ground near the modern Turkish village Bereketli are, no doubt, derived from that city.
		The proximity of the goldmines was of course the origin of so large a city as Philippi, but the plain in which it lies is of extraordinary fertility.
		How long they had stayed in Philippi we are not told, but the fact that the foundations of a strong and flourishing church had been laid and the phrase “for many days” (Act_16:18) lead us to believe that the time must have been a longer one than appears at first sight.
	holycall.com /biblemaps/philippi.htm (3460 words)

	Julius Caesar: The Last Dictator
		Cassius was apparently worried about risking the future of the Republic on one battle, like Pompey at Pharsalus, but the two battles (with some weeks in between) known as the Battle of Phillipi could very easily have gone for the Liberators.
		To a great extent however, the battle depended upon Antony's military skills, and Antony was recognized in his own time as the finest general in Rome, after Caesar.
		On October 3, and again on October 23, 42 BC, the opposing armies clashed; the first battle did not defeat the Triumvirs only because, at a critical moment when Cassius' forces were being forced back but Brutus' were actually winning, Cassius misunderstood the fog of battle.
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	HistoricalCoins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Perhaps under the influence of his second wife Porcia, Cato’s daughter, Brutus joined the conspiracy against Caesar, becoming the leader alongside Cassius.
		Brutus’ estrangement from Cassius was effectively complete when this remarkably assertive coin was struck extolling the pileus or cap of liberty (symbol of the Dioscuri, saviors of Rome, and traditionally given to slaves who had received their freedom) between the daggers that executed Caesar.
		In the ironic twist of fate, Brutus committed suicide during the second battle at Philippi on 23 October 42 BC, using the dagger with which he assassinated Caesar.
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	Philippi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		After the battle of Philippi, in 42 B.C., the city became a Roman colony and its importance was stressed by the fact that it was located on the Via Egnatia.
		A landmark in the history of Philippi was the year A.D 49 or 50, when Apostole Paul visited the city and established there the first Christian Church of Europe.
		The Agora was the adminstrative centre of Philippi in the Roman period.
	www.culture.gr /2/21/211/21118a/e211ra01.html (775 words)

	Philippi - Greek Vacation, Greece tarvel Package
		After the battle of Philippi, in 42 B.C., the city became a Roman colony and its importance was stressed by the fact that it was located on the Via Egnatia.
		During the Byzantine period (A.D. 963-969) the walls of the city were reconstructed and at the same time the towers and the wall of the acropolis were built.
		The Agora was the adminstrative centre of Philippi in the Roman period.
	www.travelinstyle.com /greece/general_info/Philippi.htm (622 words)

	Cato the Younger Summary
		As a military tribune, Cato was sent to Macedon in 67 BC at the age of 28 and given command of a legion.
		The second was to implement his reforms of the quaestorship on a larger scale.
		After first reducing Caesar's army at the battle of Dyrrahecium (where Cato commanded the port), the army led by Pompey was ultimately defeated by Caesar in the battle of Pharsalus (48 BC).
	www.bookrags.com /Cato_the_Younger (3497 words)

	Philippi -- Paul's "Thanks-You" Letter
		Matters soon came to a crisis and the forces of the Second Triumvirate defeated Cassius and Brutus at the Battle of Philippi.
		Because Philippi was not a commercial city, Paul found few Jews and no synagogue—only a small “place of prayer” outside the city by the riverside.
		Later, in second century church history, it is mentioned in connection with the martyrdom of Ignatius, an early church bishop in Antioch.
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	The battle of Philippi
		The emulation of the troops was excited to show themselves worthy of their commanders and also to escape the danger of famine, which had been greatly augmented by the naval disaster in the Adriatic.
		They did not now remember that they were fellow-citizens of their enemies, but hurled threats at each other as though they had been enemies by birth and descent, so much did the anger of the moment extinguish reason and nature in them.
		Presently their ranks broke and they retreated more rapidly, and then the second and third ranks in the rear retreated with them, all mingled together in disorder, crowded by each other and by the enemy, who pressed upon them without ceasing until it became plainly a flight.
	www.livius.org /phi-php/philippi/battle4.html (1093 words)

	Rome: 2-6F Philippi - Full Review
		After B was defeated in the second battle he also killed himself.
		I agree that historically realistic battles are probably too expensve to film within the budget and timeframe of a weekly show.
		It was interesting that the battle looked as if it were taking place in a dusty desert, whereas the real battle was on the edge of a swamp.
	www.tvfodder.com /rome/archives/2007/02/rome_26f_philippi_full_review.shtml (3630 words)

	Brutus Biography
		On October 3, the First Battle of Philippi did not produce a decisive result.
		Both armies regrouped and fought the Second Battle of Philippi on October 23.
		Dante considered Brutus to be the epitome of shameful betrayal, and in his Inferno section of the Divine Comedy (Inferno, XXXIV, 64-67), portrayed Brutus being chewed, but never consumed, by Satan, along with Judas Iscariot and Cassius at the very lowest level of Hell.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Brutus.html (844 words)

	Outlines of Roman History, Chapter 22
		But scarcely had the battle begun when Cleopatra with her squadron withdrew from the line, and was quickly followed by Antony.
		The date of this battle may be taken to mark the beginning of the empire.
		The temple of Janus was now closed for the first time since the second Punic war; and the Romans, tired of war and of civil strife, looked upon the triumph of Octavius as the dawn of a new era of peace and prosperity.
	www.forumromanum.org /history/morey22.html (3976 words)

	Philippians
		The cruel treatment of Paul at Philippi, his reaction to it, and the charm of his personal fervor seemed to knit a bond of profound love between him and the church.
		The devotion of the Philippian church caused Paul to rejoice, and since Epaphroditus, who had brought their aid to him, was about to return from Rome to Philippi, the apostle had an opportunity to send them this letter of thanks (Philippians 4:18).
		The Battle of Philippi was fought in ___________ B.C. Paul visited Philippi for the first time on his ___________ mission tour.
	www.oldpaths.com /Archive/Southern/Paul/1901/phil.html (678 words)

	Neapolis (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools
		It was the seaport of Philippi, and was the first point in Europe at which Paul and his companions landed; from Troas they had sailed direct to Samothrace, and on the next day reached Neapolis (Acts 16:11).
		The town lay some 10 Roman miles from Philippi, with which it was connected by a road leading over the mountain ridge named Symbolum, which separates the plain of Philippi from the sea.
		It appears (under the name Neopolis, which is also borne on its coins) as member both of the first and of the second Athenian confederacy, and was highly commended by the Athenians in an extant decree for its loyalty during the Thasian revolt of 411-408 BC (Inser.
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	Ancient Philippi, Greece
		Following this second renaming, and perhaps after the first, the territory of Philippi was centuriated (divided into squares of land) and distributed to the colonists.
		The subsequent development of Christianity in Philippi is well-attested, notably by a letter from Polycarp of Smyrna addressed to the community in Philippi around 160, and by funerary inscriptions.
		Seven churches were constructed in Philippi between the mid-4th century and the end of the 6th, some of which competed in size and decoration with the most beautiful buildings in Thessalonica, or even those of Constantinople.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /greece/philippi.htm (2305 words)

	Jailer of Philippi
		The city of Philippi was a major city that had been chartered as a "Roman Colonial City".
		In 42 BC the armies of Marcus Antonious and Octavian joined to defeat the rebels who had assassinated Julius Caesar at the Battle of Philippi.
		The historian Appian of Alexander wrote and execellent account of the battle in second century After the battle, the two victors spent a fortune on the city and granted it the status of "Roman Colony" the ruins of which can be seen this day.
	orderofcenturions.org /jailer_philippi.html (858 words)

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