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OptimatesOptimates Op`ti*ma"tes, n. pl. [L. See Optimate.]
The nobility or aristocracy of ancient Rome, as opposed to
the populares. Optimate
Optimate Op"ti*mate, a. [L. optimas, -atis, adj., optimates,
n. pl., the adherents of the best men, the aristocrats, fr.
optimus the best.]
Of or pertaining to the nobility or aristocracy. [R.] -- n. A
nobleman or aristocrat; a chief man in a state or city. [R.]
--Chapman.
Meaning of Optimates from wikipedia
- (1974)
rejected both po****res and
optimates,
saying "such
labels obscure rather than enlighten" and
arguing that
optimates was used not as a
political label...
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Optimates under Pompey at Pharsalus.
Pompey then fled to Egypt,
where to Caesar's consternation,
Pompey was ********inated. The
remaining Optimates, not...
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substantial domestic strife,
often anachronistically seen as a
conflict between optimates and po****res,
referring to
conservative and
reformist politicians, respectively...
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Battle of
Ilerda Optimates.
Battle Catalonia,
Spain Victory ⁂ 10 July 48 BC 10 July 48 BC
Battle of
Dyrrhachium (48 BC) .
Optimates Battle Durrës, Albania...
- 54 and 53 BC),
Pompey switched to the
political faction known as the
optimates—a
conservative faction of the
Roman Senate.
Pompey and
Caesar then began...
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Sacriporto –
Fought between the
Optimates under Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix and the Po****res
under Gaius Marius the Younger,
Optimate victory.
First Battle of...
- in the
Roman province of Africa,
between the
Republican forces of the
Optimates and
forces loyal to
Julius Caesar. The
Republican army was
commanded by...
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Caesar during the
resulting civil war
between Caesar and the
conservative Optimates faction of the senate,
whose legions were
commanded by Pompey.
Legio XIII...
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change driven by
civil warfare between radical po****res and
conservative optimates, the
decay of
political institutions, and the
actions of
ambitious men...
- and the
dictatorship of
Julius Caesar,
Cicero was a
supporter of the
Optimates faction.
Following Caesar's death,
Cicero became an
enemy of Mark Antony...
