Battle of Philippi
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The Battle of Philippi took place in 42 BC at Philippi, in Macedonia. It was the final battle between the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian against the forces of Julius Caesar's assassins Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus.
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There was also a battle of Philippi at Philippi, West Virginia in the US Civil War.
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Battle_of_Philippi" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Philippi, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
