HI346 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Farsala, Legio Iii Gallica, Pilum
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Pompey"s fleet, commanded by bibulus, at corcyra (corfu). As it was winter bibulus was unprepared and caesar was able to sail through the blockade easily and form a beachhead at. Epirus with the first half of his army. Realizing he was going to have to fight his way out, he attempted another winter blockade run back to italy to lead his remaining forces to greece. His luck was not with him and the rough seas and storms forced him back. Thursday, march 15, 2018: marc antony leads 4 more legions and lands at greece. The siege of dyrrachium: dyrrachium was a strong dfensive position for pompey. His back was guarded by he sea, and at his front there were hills that commanded the immediate area. This made an assault on the position nearly impossible: caesar instead ordered his engineers to build walls and fortifications to pin pompey against the sea.
