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Battle of Philippi
The
Battle of Philippi
was the final battle in the
Wars of the Second Triumvirate
between the forces of
Mark Antony
and
Octavian
(of the
Second Triumvirate
) and the forces of the
tyrannicides
Marcus Junius Brutus
and
Gaius Cassius Longinus
in 42 BC, at
Philippi
in
Macedonia
. The Second Triumvirate declared this civil war to avenge
Julius Caesar
's assassination in 44 BC.
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