place
Philippi
also: Philippi, Battle of Philippi
Philippi, a city in Macedonia where Brutus and Cassius were defeated in 42 BC, ending the Roman Republic; cited in Madách's 'Rome' poem as a battlefield where heroic blood is now plowed indifferently by foreign farmers.
Reading notes
- The Last Days of Csák §6 Philippi
The Battle of Philippi (42 BC) in Macedonia was where Brutus and Cassius were defeated by Antony and Octavian, ending the republican cause; Erzsébet recounts Brutus's death here as the mirror-story for Csák's own ending.
- First Attempts (Juvenilia) §117 Philippi
Philippi, in Macedonia, where Brutus and Cassius were defeated by Octavian and Antony in 42 BC, ending the Roman Republic; used here as a synecdoche for any battlefield where liberty died and was forgotten by its successors.