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What if Pompey had managed to defeat Caesar at Pharsalus in 48 BC and Caesar died either in battle or shortly thereafter. What exactly would have changed? Would Pompey have followed Caesar's example and established his own hegemony over Rome, or would someone else step forward immediately and take Caesar's place as head of the Populares such as Octavian or Mark Antony? Or would the Republic last for perhaps another few decades until someone else challenged the Senate?
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