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Battle of Mutina (43 BC)
the battle of Mutina
also: the victory at Mutina, battle of Forum Gallorum and Mutina
The engagements of April 43 BC around Mutina (Forum Gallorum on 14 April and Mutina on 21 April) in which the consuls Hirtius and Pansa and Octavian defeated Antony, relieving the besieged Decimus Brutus. The Fourteenth Philippic celebrates this victory and honours the fallen.
Reading notes
- Philippica XIV §1 a very great and most glorious battle
The Fourteenth Philippic was delivered on 21 April 43 BC, on news of the victory at Forum Gallorum (14 April); the decisive battle at Mutina was fought that very day. The speech celebrates the win and honours the fallen.
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