Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars
By Lucan · Running time 09:23:23 · Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity), Single author, Epics
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Lucan's only surviving work, De Bello Civili , more generally known as the Pharsalia , is an epic poem about the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great. The title given by posterity to the poem refers to the Battle of Pharsalus, which took place in 48 BC near the city of Pharsalus, in Thessaly. The work is important as an example of Roman Historic Epic, since divine intervention plays little part in the narrative and very few supernatural occurrences happen in the story. Lucan's Civil War is considered a major expression of literature from the Neronian times, and has attracted re
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