X-Nico

unusual facts about Battle of Philippi



Legio X Equestris

During the civil war that followed Caesar's assassination, the Legio X was reconstituted by Lepidus (winter 44/43), and fought for the triumvirs until the final Battle of Philippi.

Legio X Gemina

The legion was reconstituted in 42 BC and fought for Augustus (then Octavian), Lepidus and Mark Antony in the Battle of Philippi against the murderers of Caesar.

Quintus Labienus

After Brutus and Cassius fled east to Macedonia and were defeated there in the Battle of Philippi by Caesar's imperialist successors (the Second Triumvirate, particularly Mark Antony and Caesar's heir Octavian, the future emperor Augustus), Labienus joined the Parthians.


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History of suicide

The Caesarean assassins Brutus and Cassius, for example, killed themselves after their defeat at the battle of Philippi.