On 9 August 48 BC at Pharsalus in central Greece, Gaius Julius Caesar and his allies formed up opposite the army of the republic under the command of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (" Pompey the Great ").

The date of the battle is given as 9 August 48 BC according to the republican calendar.

Pompey was assassinated on 3 September 48 BC.

Category: 48 BC

His military career ended in disgrace when he fled the battlefield at the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 BC.

But in 48 BC, guards holding bladed fasces guided Vatia Isauricus to the tribunal of Marcus Caelius, and Vatia Isauricus used one to destroy Caelius's magisterial chair ( sella curulis ).

* 48 BC – Battle of Dyrrhachium: Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia.

He then returned east, to challenge Pompey in Greece where in July 48 BC at Dyrrhachium Caesar barely avoided a catastrophic defeat.

Late in 48 BC, Caesar was again appointed Dictator, with a term of one year.

In 48 BC, he was re-appointed dictator, only this time for an indefinite period, and in 46 BC, he was appointed dictator for ten years.

In 48 BC, Caesar was given permanent tribunician powers, which made his person sacrosanct and allowed him to veto the Senate, although on at least one occasion, tribunes did attempt to obstruct him.

Section 112 ), describes the Pharos and how it was a key landmark to his subduing Ptolemy XIV's armies ( 48 BC ), describing its strategic importance in his sentences " Now because of the narrowness of the strait there can be no access by ship to the harbour without the consent of those who hold the Pharos.

Plutarch ( AD 46 – 120 ) wrote that during his visit to Alexandria in 48 BC Julius Caesar accidentally burned the library down when he set fire to his own ships to frustrate Achillas ' attempt to limit his ability to communicate by sea.

Category: 48 BC deaths

* 48 BC – Pompey the Great is assassinated on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt.

His paternal grandfather, Titus Flavius Petro, was the first to distinguish himself, rising to the rank of centurion and fighting at Pharsalus for Pompey in 48 BC.

Of the sites involved in Caesar's civil war, we find the Siege of Massilia 49 BC, the Battle of Dyrrhachium of 48 BC ( modern Albania ), the Battle of Pharsalus 48 BC ( Hellas-Greece ), the Battle of Zela of 47 BC ( modern Turkey ) and the Battle of Thapsus 46 BC in Caesar's African campaign.

Chasing 263 to win, they slumped to 48 – 5 before Jessop's 104 gave them a chance.

Ahmed II was born at Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, the son of Sultan Ibrahim I ( 1640 – 48 ) by Valide Sultan Khadija Muazzez, and succeeded his brother Suleiman II ( 1687 – 91 ) in 1691.

A. Hoste, CCL 9 ( Turnhout: Brepols, 1957 ), pp. 331 – 48.

* Conversion of Cornelius ( 10: 1 – 8, 24 – 48 )

In 2010, with a regular season record of 13 – 3, their best regular season record since the 1998 Super Bowl season, the Falcons secured a third straight winning season, their fourth overall divisional title, and the top overall seed in the NFC playoffs ; however, the Falcons were overpowered by the eventual Super Bowl XLV champion Green Bay Packers in the NFC Divisional Playoffs 48 – 21.

Despite the strong start, the team played poorly in May and June and entered the All Star break at 47 – 48, still leading the NL West.

* Robert Smith ( 1947 – 48 )

After extensive debate, the U. S. Senate confirmed Thomas to the Supreme Court by a vote of 52 – 48 ; the narrowest margin since the 19th century.

), Garland Publishing, 1990. pp. 48 – 50.

* 1990 – Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine.

" Migration, Radicalism, and State Security: Legislative Initiatives in the Canada and the United States c. 1794 – 1804 " in Studies in American Political Development, Volume 16, Issue 1, April 2002, 48 – 60

Lord George Bentinck, Conservative leader in the commons 1846 – 48

Caesar himself mentions few place-names ; and although the battle is called after Pharsalos, four ancient writers – the author of the Bellum Alexandrinum ( 48. 1 ), Frontinus ( Strategemata 2. 3. 22 ), Eutropius ( 20 ), and Orosius ( 6. 15. 27 ) – place it specifically at Palaepharsalos.

Overkirk's squadrons – 48 Dutch, supported on their left by 21 Danish – steadily advanced towards the enemy ( taking care not to prematurely tire the horses ), before breaking into a trot to gain the impetus for their charge.

47 – 48

Many refugees from areas captured by Israeli forces in 1947 – 48 fled to the Bethlehem area, primarily settling in the what became the official refugee camps of ' Azza ( Beit Jibrin ) and ' Aida in the north and Dheisheh in the south.

During the first American League season in 1901, they finished last ( 8th place ) with a record of 48 – 89.

He was present as Caesar's legate at the Battle of Pharsalus ( 48 BC ), and recorded Pompeian casualties at 6, 000.

Julius Caesar's rival Pompey made a stand there in 48 BC before fleeing south to Greece.

The Battle of Dyrrachium ( or Dyrrhachium ) on 10 July 48 BC was a battle of Caesar's Civil War in the area of the city of Dyrrachium ( in what is now Albania ).

After first reducing Caesar's army at the battle of Dyrrhachium ( where Cato commanded the port ), the army led by Pompey was ultimately defeated by Caesar in the battle of Pharsalus ( 48 BC ).

Other notable holders of such victory titles include Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, who was replaced by Gaius Marius in command-in-chief of the Jugurthine War ; Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus, who commanded Roman anti-pirate operations in the eastern Mediterranean ( and was father of Julius Caesar's colleague in his second consulate, Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus in 48 BC ), and Marcus Antonius Creticus, another anti-piratical commander ( and father of Caesar's master of the horse, Mark Antony of Egyptian fame ).

In 48 BC, during the Civil War, an attempt to assassinate Volusenus was made by Aegus and Roscillus, two noble brothers of the Celtic Allobroges who had served in Caesar's cavalry throughout the Gallic Wars.

In the early 20th century, Equity Rule 48 was replaced with Equity Rule 38 as part of a major restructuring of the Equity Rules, and when federal courts merged their legal and equitable procedural systems in 1938, Equity Rule 38 became Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

During the period 1642 – 48 there were skirmishes on Staines Moor and numerous troop movements over Staines Bridge during the Civil War.

In the Civil Wars ( 49-45 BC ) Dolabella at first took the side of Pompey, but afterwards went over to Julius Caesar, and was present when Caesar prevailed at the Battle of Pharsalus ( 48 BC ).

During the Roman Civil Wars he served in Spain, he might have been a tribune in 48, and in 47 was at Antioch.

" Interpreting Popular Sovereignty: A Historiographical Essay ", Civil War History Volume 57, Number 1, March 2011 pp. 48 – 70 in Project MUSE

After the hopes of a waterway from east to west were lost, Frémont and his father-in-law and political sponsor, Senator Thomas Hart Benton, directed their ambitions to a transcontinental railway, which was completed in 1869, after the Mexican-American War of 1846 – 48 and the American Civil War.

The Movement for Civil Rights and Peace was formed in 1973 by Shulamit Aloni, a former MK for the Alignment, 48 hours after she had left the party.

It includes the park, 48 acres or 35 hectares of Oakland Cemetery ( established 1850 ), where Margaret Mitchell, Bobby Jones, 25 former mayors of Atlanta, six former governors of Georgia, and many Civil War dead are buried.

However, Penryn lost its custom house and market rights to the new town of Falmouth as a direct result of supporting the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War ( 1642 – 48 ).

At the time of the English Civil War ( 1642 – 48 ), the manor was in the hands of the Earl of Shrewsbury, a Parliament supporter.

In the Roman Civil War between Pompey and Julius Caesar, it supported the latter, but fell to Marcus Iunius Brutus in 48 BC.

" The Indian Civil Service and the nationalist movement: neutrality, politics and continuity ," Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, Nov 2010, 48 # 4 pp 404 – 432

" Administering India: The Indian Civil Service ," History Today, June 1982, 32 # 6 pp 43 – 48, covers 1858-1947

The legal existence of the municipality of Kapangan is by virtue of Act No, 48 passed and approved on November 22, 1900 during the American Civil Government.

* Melinda Lawson ; " The Civil War Union Leagues and the Construction of a New National Patriotism " Civil War History Volume: 48.

* July 19: Ireland's President Mary McAleese signs a Civil Partnership bill into law after being passed by the Seanad in a 48 – 4 vote on July 8.

The European Union ( EU ) directive on criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights was a proposal from the European Commission for a directive aimed " to supplement Directive 2004 / 48 / EC of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights ( Civil enforcement )" ( Source: Justification for the proposal, COM ( 2005 ) 276 final, July 12, 2005 ).

In 1940, Hamilton at the age of 48 resigned from the RNC and two days later married Jane Kendall Mason, 30 who a month earlier divorced George Grant Mason Jr., member of the Civil Aeronautics Board in Tampa, Florida.

When notified of call-up, the carrier response time to have its aircraft ready for a Civil Reserve Air Fleet mission is 24 to 48 hours after the mission is assigned by AMC.

After eight years in development, the GA8 Airvan was type-certificated by the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority to FAR 23 Amendment 48 requirements in December 2000 and subsequently updated to Amendment 54 status in early 2003.

* 2000-Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority certificates the GA8 Airvan to FAR 23 Amendment 48.