![]() | This article duplicates the scope of other articles, specifically Battle of Philippi. (December 2021) |
Liberators' civil war | |||||||||
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Part of the Crisis of the Roman Republic | |||||||||
![]() The Battle of Philippi | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Second Triumvirate Supported by: Ptolemaic Egypt |
Liberatores Supported by: Parthian Empire[1] | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Mark Antony Octavian Marcus Aemilius Lepidus |
Brutus ![]() Cassius ![]() | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
53,000–108,000[2] |
60,000–105,000[2] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
Total dead: 40,000[3] |
The Liberators' civil war (43–42 BC) was started by the Second Triumvirate to avenge Julius Caesar's assassination. The war was fought by the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian (the Second Triumvirate members, or Triumvirs) against the forces of Caesar's assassins, led by Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus, referred to as the Liberatores. The latter were defeated by the Triumvirs at the Battle of Philippi[4] in October 42 BC,[5][6] and committed suicide.[7] Brutus committed suicide after the second part of the battle.[8][9][10]