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Battle of Philippi

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

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There was also a battle of Philippi at Philippi, West Virginia in the US Civil War[?].



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