The episode traces the collapse of the Roman Republic into civil war, from Julius Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon in January 49 BCE through his rivalry with Pompey the Great. It follows the flight of the Senate from Rome, the sieges of Corfinium and Massilia, and the grinding campaign in Epirus and Thessaly that ends at Pharsalus in 48 BCE. It then covers Pompey's murder in Egypt, the later battles at Thapsus and Munda, and Caesar's rule as dictator for life before his assassination in 44 BCE.
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