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Philippi Covered Bridge, c. 1899 - Famous Bridge from the Battle of Philippi (Philippi Races)
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...
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Macedonian Colonization Under Philip II
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...
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Philippi Covered Bridge, 2015 - Reconstruction of the Famous Philippi Bridge
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.
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Town of Philippi, West Virginia, 1861 - Site of the Battle of Philippi
Town of Phillippi, Barbour County, West Virginia, lithographic print after sketching by Mrs. M. D. Pool, 1861.
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Marcus Junius Brutus - Rome's Most Notorious Traitor
Marcus Junius Brutus (85 BCE to 42 BCE) was a Roman senator most famous for his role in the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March (15 March) 44 BCE. Said to have been descended from the...
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Battle of Actium
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...
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Roman Forum, Philippi
The Roman forum of Philippi, Macedon. In the background are the remains of the large Basilica B, c. 550 CE.
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Theatre of Philippi
The theatre of Philippi, Macedon, built during the reign of Philip II in the 4th century BCE.
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The Forum of Philippi
Situated in North Greece at the border of East Macedonia and Thrace, ancient Philippi stood about 16 km N-NW of the port city Neapolis (modern Kavalla) and originally bore the name Krenides (from the Greek for “spring”) in...
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Via Egnatia in Philippi
A stretch of the Via Egnatia in Philippi (Greece). The Via Egnatia crossed the Roman provinces of Illyricum, Macedonia, and Thrace, running through territory that is now part of modern Albania, the Republic of Macedonia...