feb 16, 49 BC - Pompey Flees With Senate
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Pompey leaves Rome with the majority of the Senate to Epirus. Pontus, a former Caesarian General rallies local Greeks in Macedon, Greece, Cilicia and Judea and forms his own Rome in the city of Nicopolis. He believes Rome needs Greeks to govern the Roman people even though he is half Roman himself.
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