* 48 BC – Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus – Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.

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

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.

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* 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.

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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.

* September 29 – Pompey the Great, Roman general and politician ( d. 48 BC )

* Pompey, Roman general ( lived 106 BC – 48 BC )

* Pompey, Roman general, ( lived 106 BC – 48 BC )

In the autumn of 48 BC, Pompey fled from the forces of Caesar to Alexandria, seeking sanctuary.

Ptolemy, only thirteen years old at that time, had set up a throne for himself on the harbour, from where he watched as on September 28, 48 BC, Pompey was murdered by one of his former officers, now in Ptolemaic service.

In 48 BC they took the side of Julius Caesar in the civil war against Pompey.

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 ).

However, these three statues were later speculatively ' identified ' by the writer Daniel Defoe ( 1659 – 1731 ) as Caesar ( 100 – 44 BC ) and Pompey ( 106 – 48 BC ) responsible for the decline of the Roman republic facing a statue of Cicero ( 106 – 43 BC ), the defender of the Republic.

The deaths of Pompey ( 48 BCE ), Caesar ( 44 BCE ), and the related Roman civil wars temporarily relaxed Rome's grip on Israel, allowing a very brief Hasmonean resurgence backed by the Parthian Empire.

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In 48 BC, Burebista sided with Pompey during his struggle against Julius Caesar in the Roman civil war, sending Akornion as an ambassador and a military adviser.

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

The Twelfth fought at the Battle of Pharsalus ( 48 BC ), when Caesar defeated Pompey.

Legio I Germanica ( Latin for " First legion Germanica "; the cognomen Germanica is a reference to its service in Germania inferior ) was a Roman legion, possibly levied in 48 BC by Julius Caesar to fight for him in the civil war against Pompey.

The most favored is that it was raised by Julius Caesar in 48 BC to fight in the civil war against Pompey.

She was a faithful follower of Pompey and met him in Mytilene with his son Sextus Pompeius, after the battle of Pharsalus in 48 BC.