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Battle of Philippi

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In 42 BC, Philippi was the site of the final battle between the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian and the forces of Julius Caesar's assassins Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus.

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There was also a battle at a different Philippi in the US Civil War.