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Today 241 BC First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end
Today 49 BC, Julius Caesar, pronouncing the famous phrase Alea iacta est (usually translated as "The die is cast") crosses the Rubicon (the boundary of Italy) with only one Legion, the 13TH, starting the civil war.
Born Today Pompey the Great 106 BC. In mid-60 BC, Pompey joined Marcus Licinius Crassus and Gaius Julius Caesar in the unofficial military-political alliance known as the First Triumvirate.
Today 49 BC Julius Caesar's general Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River by the Numidians under Publius Attius Varus and King Juba of Numidia. Curio commits suicide to avoid capture.
Today 31BC Battle of Actium: decisive naval battle that effectively ends the Roman Republic. Octavian's forces defeat those under Mark Antony and Cleopatra off the western coast of Greece.
Today 28BC Gaius Carrinas triumphant procession through Rome. Gaius Carrinas was a Roman politician, general and consul
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Marcus Licinius Crassus in 71 BC during the Third Servile War against Spartacus revived this - Decimation