Pharsalus 48 BC: Caesar and Pompey – Clash of the Titans

Author:   Si Sheppard ,  Adam Hook (Illustrator)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Volume:   No. 174
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9781846030024


Pages:   96
Publication Date:   10 September 2006
Format:   Paperback
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Pharsalus 48 BC: Caesar and Pompey – Clash of the Titans


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In 48 BC, the stage was set for the final clash of the two titans of the Roman world and the odds were heavily in Pompey's favour, with 45,000 men against Caesar's 22,000. Having the dice loaded against him, however, seems to have stimulated Caesar's genius for battle. In a brilliant display of generalship he routed his rival's larger army. Pompey's army retreated, with Caesar's army in parallel pursuit, until, their general having escaped, Pompey's men finally surrendered. Simon Sheppard expertly charts the events surrounding the Pharsalus campaign, and the seismic implications of the decisive clash between the two greatest generals of their age.

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Author:   Si Sheppard ,  Adam Hook (Illustrator)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Osprey Publishing
Volume:   No. 174
Dimensions:   Width: 18.40cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 24.80cm
Weight:   0.316kg
ISBN:  

9781846030024


ISBN 10:   1846030021
Pages:   96
Publication Date:   10 September 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Language:   English

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Introduction/Chronology/Opposing commanders: The Caesareans & The Republicans/The Legions of the Late Republic/The Campaign: The Rubicon to Brundisium – Brundisium to Dyrrachium – Dyrrachium to Pharsalus/The Battle/Aftermath/The Battlefield Today/Bibliography

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Simon Sheppard is a graduate student of Political Science at John Hopkins University. He graduated with an MA Distinction from the University of Wellington and was winner of the Sir Desmond Todd Award for best thesis in a political subject. Simon Sheppard is a published author and has contributed a number of articles to leading journals, magazines and newspapers. He lives in Balitmore, USA. Adam Hook studied graphic design, and began his work as an illustrator in 1983. He specializes in detailed historical reconstructions, and has illustrated Osprey titles on the Aztecs, the Greeks, the American Civil War and the American Revolution. His work features in exhibitions and publications throughout the world. He lives in East Sussex, UK.

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