Victory in Battle
Jul 10 BC Battle of Dyrrhachium: Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey near the city of Dyrrachium (in what is now Albania)
- Aug 9 BC Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
Assassination
Sep 28 BC Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt
