Philippi: Two Battles and the Division of the World

Philippi 42 BC: two battles and the division of the world.

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Forty-two BC. In Macedonia, at Philippi, two armies face each other. On one side, Caesar’s killers; on the other, his heir and his general.

In the first battle Antony defeats Cassius. But Octavian loses his camp and flees.

A few days later, the second battle. Brutus loses and takes his own life.

The world is divided. Octavian returns to Italy to settle the veterans. Antony goes East to raise money for the soldiers.

One has the army, the other has the money. Caesar has been avenged. Now the fight for the rest begins.