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Caesar's Last Days: From Alexandria to Rome

Caesar's Last Days: From Alexandria to Rome

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After the Battle of Pharsalia, the optimates’ side fell into disarray, as Caesar promised a general amnesty. Cicero refused command of the doomed enterprise and returned to Italy to ask for – and receive – Caesar’s pardon1, while Cato the Younger headed to Africa.

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