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The Battle of Philippi in 42 BCE was an all-Roman affair fought between the young Octavian, chosen heir of Julius Caesar, and the mercurial Mark Antony, widely regarded as the greatest living Roman general on the one side against Brutus and...

Philippi was an important city in eastern Macedon which flourished in the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine Periods. Situated between the Strymon and Nestos rivers, the city was valued in antiquity for its nearby gold mines. Site of the famous...

Daring Ride of Colonel Lander at the Battle of Philippi, wood engraving, 1861. This illustration, depicting the downhill ride of Colonel Frederick W. Lander of the Union army during the Battle of Philippi (Philippi Races) on 3 June 1861...

The Philippi covered bridge as seen from the northeast end, photograph by Hu Maxwell in The History of Barbour County, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time (1968), Philippi, West Virginia, c. 1899. The covered...

A map showing the opening positions and attacks of the second battle of Philippi in 42 BCE between the forces of Mark Antony & Octavian against those of Brutus.

A map showing the opening positions and attacks of the first battle of Philippi in 42 BCE between the forces of Mark Antony & Octavian against those of Brutus and Cassius.

Philip II of Macedon (359-336 BCE) envisaged a broad Macedonian kingdom and his colonial expansion resulted in the forging of an empire that his son Alexander the Great (r. 336-323 BCE) would use as a springboard for even greater things...

The Philippi covered bridge across the Tygart Valley River, photograph by Carol M. Highsmith, Philippi, West Virginia, 3 May 2015. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Town of Phillippi, Barbour County, West Virginia, lithographic print after sketching by Mrs. M. D. Pool, 1861.

The Battle of Actium (2 September 31 BCE, fought in the Ionian Sea off Actium, Greece) was the decisive engagement of the civil war fought between Octavian Caesar (l. 63-14 CE, later known as Augustus, r. 27 BCE - 14 CE) and the forces of...