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title: Roman Republic at the Beginning of Caesar's Civil War
author: Stone Chen
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6438/roman-republic-at-the-beginning-of-caesars-civil-w/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
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# Roman Republic at the Beginning of Caesar's Civil War

_Authored by [Stone Chen](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/mooncatcher1998/)_

## Image File

[![Roman Republic at the Beginning of Caesar's Civil War](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6438.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6438.png)

## Image Caption

This map depicts the territories under [Julius Caesar](https://www.worldhistory.org/Julius_Caesar/) and [Roman Senate](https://www.worldhistory.org/Roman_Senate/) in the wake of the outbreak of [Caesar](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/caesar/)'s Civil [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) in 49 BCE in the [Roman Republic](https://www.worldhistory.org/Roman_Republic/). Caesar crossed the [Rubicon](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Rubicon/) and marched on [Rome](https://www.worldhistory.org/Rome/) while [Pompey](https://www.worldhistory.org/pompey/), supported by the Senate, retreated into Central [Italy](https://www.worldhistory.org/italy/), and later Epirus in [Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) [Greece](https://www.worldhistory.org/greece/).

#### Editorial Review

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## Bibliography

- [DK Publishing. *DK Atlas of World History.* DK, 2000.](https://www.worldhistory.org/books/078944609X/)

## About the Author

Native Chinese, being studying ancient history of China for five years. Particularly interested in mapping historical events such as boundary changes and battles using visual tools.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Chen, S. (2017, March 23). Roman Republic at the Beginning of Caesar's Civil War. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6438/roman-republic-at-the-beginning-of-caesars-civil-w/>
### Chicago
Chen, Stone. "Roman Republic at the Beginning of Caesar's Civil War." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 23, 2017. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6438/roman-republic-at-the-beginning-of-caesars-civil-w/>.
### MLA
Chen, Stone. "Roman Republic at the Beginning of Caesar's Civil War." *World History Encyclopedia*, 23 Mar 2017, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6438/roman-republic-at-the-beginning-of-caesars-civil-w/>.

## License & Copyright

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