Curion, born around 90 BC and killed in battle on August 24, 49 BC, is a<hr>
political figure from the end of the Roman Republic. A very good orator, friend of Cicero and<hr>
supporter of Pompey, he later aligns himself with Julius Caesar.<hr>
       Scipio, or Metellus Scipio, is a Roman politician who dies in 46 BC. He<hr>
is tribune of the plebs in 59 BC and consul in 52 BC. Father-in-law to Pompey, who marries<hr>
his daughter Cornelia Metella in his fifth marriage, he is a ardent 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 end<hr>
of the Roman Republic, between about 95 BC and 45 BC. During this war for power between<hr>
Pompey and Caesar, Claudius Marcellus chooses Pompey's side and follows him 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 longtime friend of Caesar, some suspect<hr>
him of being manipulated by Caesar.<hr>
       The Battle of Pharsalus is a confrontation taking place in Thessaly, near the<hr>
town of the same name, at the beginning of the summer of 48 BC, during the Roman civil war.<hr>
It pits Caesar's army against that of Pompey. By winning this battle with significantly fewer troops, <hr>
Julius Caesar takes a decisive advantage over the opposing camp.<hr>
       Septimius, or Lucius Septimius, is a Roman soldier known for being one of the<hr>
main assassins of Pompey upon his arrival in Egypt. It is a premeditated crime directed<hr>
by Ptolemy XIII's counselors, as Pompey is deemed too dangerous.<hr>
       Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator is one of the last pharaohs of Egypt before the<hr>
Roman period. His father, Ptolemy XII, is acquainted with Pompey and owes part of his reign to him.<hr>
       Brutus, born around 85 BC in Rome and died on October 23, 42 BC in Philippi, is<hr>
a Roman senator, jurist and philosopher from the end of the Roman Republic. He is the son of<hr>
Servilia, Julius Caesar's mistress, to whom he delivers the final blow by stabbing him on<hr>
March 15, 44 BC. Brutus has both the image of the ultimate traitor, due to his participation in<hr>
the death of the Roman dictator who had forgiven him for his adherence to Pompey's party, and the image of a virtuous man who prefers the salvation of the Republic over his own.<hr>
       Cato of Utica, or Cato the Younger, born in 95 BC in Rome and died on April 12, 46 BC<hr>
in Utica, current Tunisia. Cato is the father of Porcia and a Roman politician. He is<hr>
remembered in history as a figure of Stoicism, famous for his firmness of mind. He is a<hr>
supporter of Pompey during the civil war. After losing, he flees to Africa, but is caught by Caesar's<hr>
troops. He is known to have committed suicide by opening his chest with his sword to avoid Julius Caesar's servitude.<hr>
       Cicero, a Roman statesman and brilliant orator, is born on January 3, 106 BC in Arpinum, Italy and is assassinated on December 7, 43 BC in Formiae. He is both a lawyer, <hr>
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