He had several armies in Spain, in Greece, and in Africa.
Caesar defeated them, one after another--that of Spain first (49), then
that of Greece at Pharsalus (48), at last, that of Africa (46).
Pompey, vanquished at Pharsalus, fled to Egypt where the king had him
assassinated.
On his return to Rome Caesar was appointed dictator for ten years and
exercised absolute power. The Senate paid him divine honors, and it is
possible that Caesar desired the title of king. He was assassinated by
certain of his favorites who aimed to reestablish the sovereignty of
the Senate (44).
=End of the Republic.=--The people of Rome, who loved Caesar, compelled
Brutus and Cassius, the chiefs of the assassins, to flee. They
withdrew to the East where they raised a large army. The West remained
in the hand of Antony, who with the support of the army of Caesar,
governed Rome despotically.
Caesar in his will had adopted a young man of eighteen years, his
sister's son,[143] Octavian, who according to Roman usage assumed the
name of his adoptive father and called himself from that time Julius
Caesar Octavianus.
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