Farsala
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Farsala, known in Antiquity as Pharsalos, is a town in southern Thessaly, in Greece. Farsala is located in the southern part of Larissa regional unit, and is one of its largest settlements. Farsala is
View of Farsala from the Ancient Pharsalus Acropolis
People's square
Statue of Achilles in the main square
Farsala in the 19th century
Pompey
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Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a Roman general and statesman who was prominent in the final decades of the Roman Republic. As a young man, he was a partisa
Farsala
…for being the birthplace of the mythical ancient Greek hero Achilles, and the site of a major battle between Roman generals Gaius Julius Caesar and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus in 48 BC. Farsala lies at the southern edge of the Thessalian Plain, 4 km south of the river Enipeas. The Greek National Road 3 (Larissa - Lamia) and…
Bust of Pompey, copy of an original from 70–60 BC, Venice National Archaeological Museum
Bust of Mithridates of Pontus in the Louvre, Paris
Denarius minted in 56 BC by Pompey's supporter Faustus Sulla
The First Triumvirate; left to right, Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey