pits Caesar's troops against those of Pompey. By winning this battle with vastly<hr>
inferior forces, Julius Caesar takes a decisive advantage over the opposing side.<hr>
        Pompey, known as "the Great", born September 29, 106 BC in Picenum in<hr>
Italy and died September 28, 48 BC in Pelusium, Egypt. He stages a political uprising, but is stopped at the Battle of Pharsalia.<hr>
        Elea, or Velia for the Romans, is a Greek city on the Tyrrhenian coast, in<hr>
Campania, near the Gulf of Salerno.<hr>
        Sardis is an ancient city in Asia Minor, the capital of Lydia, on the Pactolus River,<hr>
in the Hermos Valley. Brutus takes refuge there after the assassination of Julius Caesar and is caught up by the troops of Mark Antony.<hr>
        Philippi is an ancient city founded by the Macedonian king Philip II in 356 BC,<hr>
abandoned in the 14th century after the Ottoman conquest, now an archaeological site located in the Kavála constituency in Greece. It is on the plains of this city that Brutus leads his last battle against the Roman army. Losing, he is forced to flee and commits suicide.<hr>
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                        Eighth Speech – Berenice to Titus<hr>
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                             Berenice, Queen of Chalcis<hr>
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        During the Judean war, Titus fell madly in love with Berenice, queen of<hr>
Chalcis and granddaughter of Mariamne. According to some beliefs, they secretly married.<hr>
When they returned to Rome, the Roman people, who regarded all foreigners as barbarians, did not approve of this union, even if it involved a queen. Therefore, Emperor Vespasian commanded his son to send her away. It is in this difficult situation that the distressed princess grappled with the great Titus.<hr>
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                                      Berenice to Titus<hr>
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        Do not think, Titus, that I hold you responsible. On the contrary, I thank you instead<hr>
of accusing you. Without saying anything against you, I simply ask for the freedom to complain about my situation. After having served Rome in all the wars, fate treats me cruelly today. I am convinced that you feel more pain in abandoning me than in renouncing all your victories. I know that ambition is a feeling as strong as love, but I<hr>
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