Battle of Pharsalus

>>2976092
Caesar crushed his left flank and rolled it up like a mat.

>>2976092

The gods were against him.

>>2976092
Caesar's troops were better.

We know perfectly well how the battle went down and why he lost. How is this threadworthy?

>>2976119
no you don't understand: How THE FUCK did he lose this?

Pompeys men had to win or die.
Caesar's men had ...other options

Caesar had a Cornelius Sulla on his side. No joke, has anyone from that family ever been on the losing side of a battle?

>>2976109
This. I don't have any primary sources, but Historia Civilis is quite good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfLOaunQqxA

>>2976114
HBO is not a source.

green legions vs veterans

you can gather troops but they wont hold the line as good as ppl who is already familiar with bloodshed

>>2976092
Caesar basically set an ambush for the enemy cavalry. Labienus went full Ney and shattered his troops upon the hidden cohorts Caesar set to defend his flank from enemy cavalry.
Having dealt with Labienus, Caesar sent his hidden cohorts plus the legio X to attack Pompey's flank. Seeing his troops at a disadvantage, Pompey lost his spirit and opted to retreat.

Caesar was a better general, Pompey is a meme

>>2976215
wasn't ceasar family of marius?

>>2977179
*ahem* Pompey the GREAT

>>2978735
Caesar was not descended from Marius -- his paternal aunt married Marius. That raises the intriguing but totally undocumented possibility of young Caesar listening to the Master's knee on the Art f Generaling...

>>2978756
Pompeius naming himself Magnus as an untried youth, and Sula going along with it either out of political necessity or out of amused contempt, does not mean much.

Pompeius was hugely over rated as a general. He was a rather brilliant administrator, and an inspiring leader. But as Caesar remarked -- he did not know how to win a war.