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Why did Caesar want to defeat Pompey?

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The Optimates, comprised of Roman Senators, influential land-holders and led by phenomenally successful general Gnaius Pompey Magnus (Pompey the Great), were arrayed against Julius Caesar, his victorious legions and the majority of the Roman population in a power struggle over who was to lead the Republic. read more

Pompey did not immediately follow up on his success. An winter of blockade and siege followed. Pompey eventually pushed Caesar into Thessaly and, urged on by his allies in the senate, he confronted Caesar near Pharsalus. There was significant distance between the two armies, according to Caesar. read more

A dispute between Caesar and the optimates faction in the Senate of Rome culminated in Caesar marching his army on Rome and forcing Pompey, accompanied by much of the Roman Senate, to flee in 49 BC from Italy to Greece, where he could better conscript an army to face his former ally. read more

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