Ancient Warfare Magazine

The hour of heroes

uring his description of the battle of Delphi, Pausanias records that “there were seen by them ghosts of the heroes 34.23.2), the battle of Cynoscephalae in 197 BC (Plutarch, 12.5-6), the battle of Pydna in 168 BC (Cicero, 2.2), Marius’ victory over the Cimbri at the battle of Vercellae in 101 BC (Pliny, 7.86.3), and the battle of Pharsalus in 48 BC (Cassius Dio, 41.61).

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