Liberators' civil war

Liberators' civil war
	Part of the Crisis of the Roman Republic
	; The Battle of Philippi
Date	43–42 BC
Location	Macedonia
Result	Triumvir victory Destruction of Liberators; Reunification of the Roman Republic under the Second Triumvirate; Remaining Pompeian resistance flee to Sicily and Parthia;
Belligerents
Triumvirs; Supported by:; Ptolemaic Egypt	Liberators; Supported by:; Parthian Empire; Pompeians
Commanders and leaders
Mark Antony; Octavian; Lepidus	Marcus Brutus ; Cassius ; Decimus Brutus
Strength
53,000–108,000 40,000–95,000 infantry; 13,000 cavalry;	60,000–105,000 40,000–85,000 infantry; 20,000 cavalry;
Casualties and losses
	Total dead: 40,000

The Liberators' civil war (43–42 BC) was started by the Second Triumvirate to avenge Julius Caesar's assassination. The war was fought by the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian (the Second Triumvirate members, or Triumvirs) against the forces of Caesar's assassins, led by Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus, referred to as the Liberatores. The latter were defeated by the Triumvirs at the Battle of Philippi in October 42 BC, and committed suicide. Brutus committed suicide after the second part of the battle.