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Battle of Philippi
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Ruins at Philippi, Greece
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Date October 3, 42 BCE • October 23, 42 BCE
Location Greece • Philippi

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Ruins at Philippi, Greece
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Key People

Mark Antony marble bust
Mark Antony
Roman triumvir
Marcus Junius Brutus
Marcus Junius Brutus
Roman politician
Roman denarius
Gaius Cassius Longinus
Roman quaestor
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
Roman general

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D-Day. American soldiers fire rifles, throw grenades and wade ashore on Omaha Beach next to a German bunker during D Day landing. 1 of 5 Allied beachheads est. in Normandy, France. The Normandy Invasion of World War II launched June 6, 1944.
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Louis IX of France (St. Louis), stained glass window of Louis IX during the Crusades. (Unknown location.)
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