.: Julius Caesar Collection - The Battle of Pharsalus - Part 2

samedi 12 avril 2025

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- Julius Caesar Collection -

The Battle of Pharsalus

This story is inspired by the true events that took place during the struggle between Julius Caesar and Pompey.

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Part 2: TRIPLEX ACIES

Summary of the previous part: Pompey has just arrived at the camp of his General, Titus Labienus, in Greece, near the city of Pharsalus.

He must confront Caesar's legions.

The maneuvers for a face-off have just been completed, and Pompey's army, larger than Julius Caesar's, with twice as many soldiers and three times as many cavalry, awaits him...

The Tripartite Position (TRIPLEX ACIES): This was the most common configuration in combat, used primarily in the Mithridatic Wars (88 to 63 BC) in Asia Minor and during the conquest of Gaul (58 to 51 BC).

It took its name from the three main lines (Acies) that comprised the formation until the end of the 2nd century BC: the Hastati (young soldiers), the Principes (elite troops), and the Triarii (veterans). After Marius' reform, each line consisted of three or four cohorts (of 600 men each), spaced equally apart.

Thus, they could retreat without affecting the whole. Behind them was sometimes a line of archers. Arranged in this way, the legions could be surrounded by allied troops, with cavalry completing the formation on the wings.