Marius, or Caius Marius, born in 157 BC and died in 86 BC, is a famous<hr>
Roman general and politician.<hr>
       Lucullus, or Lucius Licinius Lucullus, born in 118 BC and died in 56 BC, is<hr>
a Roman statesman and general. An excellent general, he is nonetheless not liked by<hr>
his soldiers.<hr>
       Lucullus, or Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus, born in 116 BC and died around 56 BC,<hr>
is a Roman politician. The younger brother of the famous Lucius Licinius Lucullus, he is a<hr>
supporter of Sylla and a consul of the Roman Republic in 73 BC.<hr>
       Pompey, known as "the Great", born on September 29, 106 BC in Picenum and died on<hr>
September 28, 48 BC in Pelusium, in Ptolemaic Egypt, is a military and statesman<hr>
of Rome. Pompey leads a remarkable military career and wins numerous victories<hr>
for Rome. He embarks on a civil war against Caesar and pushes him to cross the Rubicon with<hr>
his army and thus to illegally penetrate into Italy.<hr>
       Rubicon, river marking the border between Italy and Cisalpine Gaul.<hr>
       Lentulus, or Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus, is consul of the Roman Republic in<hr>
49 BC. He is an opponent of Caesar and a supporter of Pompey during the civil war from 49<hr>
to 48 BC. He has Curion and Marc Antony expelled from the Senate to weaken Caesar.<hr>
       Marc Antony is a Roman politician and military man, born on January 14, 83 BC.<hr>
and died on August 1, 30 BC. He is a powerful supporter of Caesar.<hr>
       Curion, born around 90 BC and died in battle on August 24, 49 BC, is a<hr>
political figure from the late Roman Republic. A very good orator, friend of Cicero and<hr>
supporter of Pompey, he later rallies to Julius Caesar.<hr>
       Scipion, or Metellus Scipion, is a Roman politician, who died in 46 BC. He<hr>
is tribune of the plebs in 59 BC and consul in 52 BC. The father-in-law of Pompey, who marries<hr>
his daughter Cornelia Metella in his fifth wedding, he is a fierce enemy of Julius Caesar against<hr>
whom he leads his troops in the battle of Thapsus.<hr>
       Marcellus, or Marcus Claudius Marcellus, is a Roman politician from the late<hr>
Roman Republic, between about 95 BC and 45 BC. During this war for power between Pompey and Caesar, Claudius Marcellus chooses Pompey's side and follows him<hr>
to the East.<hr>
       Servilius Isauricus, or Publius Servilius Isauricus, is a Roman senator who is<hr>
consul in 48 BC alongside Julius Caesar. As he is a long-standing friend of Caesar,<hr>
some suspect him of being manipulated by Caesar.<hr>
       The Battle of Pharsalus is a confrontation taking place in Thessaly, near the<hr>
city of the same name, in the early summer of 48 BC, during the Roman civil war. It<hr>
pits Caesar's army against Pompey's. By winning this battle with far fewer troops, Julius Caesar takes a decisive advantage over the opposing camp.<hr>
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