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Marcus Octavius (aedile 50 BC)

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In 48 BC, Octavius reappeared in Dalmatia, where he gathered a powerful following from Pompeian fugitives in the aftermath of Pompey's defeat at
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to do the same. He tried to besiege the city, but the inhabitants defended it vigorously, eventually making a surprise
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coast, and managed to trap fifteen Caesarian cohorts under
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to his side, but failed to persuade the Roman citizens at
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seas. Octavius and Libo defeated Caesar's fleet under
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Index

Roman senator
Pompey
civil war
Julius Caesar
Gnaeus Octavius
Appius Claudius Pulcher
Cilicia
aedile
Marcus Caelius
Cicero
Caesar's civil war
Pompey
Julius Caesar
Lucius Scribonius Libo
Liburnian
Achaian
Adriatic
Ionian
Publius Cornelius Dolabella
Dalmatian
Gaius Antonius
Curicta
they were starved into submission
Issa
Salona
sortie and storming Octavius's camp
Dyrrachium
Pharsalus
Aulus Gabinius
Publius Vatinius

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