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Battle of Zela

Part of Caesar's civil war

Date	47 BC
Location	Zile
Result	Roman victory

Belligerents

Caesar's forces

Pharnacean forces

Commanders

Julius Caesar

Pharnaces II of Pontus

The Battle of Zela was a battle fought in 47 BC between Julius Caesar and Pharnaces II of Pontus. Year 47 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Quintus Fufius Calenus, Pharnaces II (in Greek Φαρνάκης, died 47 BC was the son of the great Mithridates VI of Pontus, a famed enemy of the Roman Republic. Year 47 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Quintus Fufius Calenus, Pharnaces II (in Greek Φαρνάκης, died 47 BC was the son of the great Mithridates VI of Pontus, a famed enemy of the Roman Republic.

After the defeat of the Ptolemaic forces at the Battle of the Nile, Caesar left Egypt and travelled through Syria, Cilicia and Cappadocia to fight Pharnaces, son of Mithridates VI, and who had allegedly committed various atrocities against Roman citizens. The Battle of the Nile ( 47 BC) saw the combined Roman - Egyptian armies of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra VII defeat those of the This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. See Mithridates for people and concepts with the same name Mithridates VI (Μιθριδάτης 132&ndash63 BC also known as Mithridates

The battle took place in Zile, what is now a small town in the Tokat province of northern Turkey. Zile, also known as Zela, is a City and a district of Tokat Province, Turkey. Caesar had two Cohorts of VI Legion, XXII Legion, Pontines Legion, XXXVI Legion and a small contingent of cavalry. Legio VI Ferrata ( Ironclad) was a Roman legion. Ferrata was not the only name that Legion VI was called it was also known as Fidelas Constans Legio XXII Deiotariana ( légio vigésima secúnda) was a Roman legion, levied approximately in 48 BC and destroyed in the Bar Kokhba revolt Pharnaces had about 20 000 warriors.

It was a decisive point in Julius Caesar's civil war - his five-day campaign against Pharnaces was so swift and complete that he commemorated it with the now famous Latin words written to Amantius in Rome Veni, vidi, vici ("I came, I saw, I conquered"). The Roman civil war of 49 BC sometimes called Caesar's Civil War, is one of the last conflicts within the Roman Republic. Vēnī vīdī vīcī (ˈweːniː ˈwiːdiː ˈwiːkiː in Classical Latin or ˈvidi ˈvitʃi in Vulgar Latin) is a famous Latin sentence spoken

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