accurate. A fictionalised account of the battle is depicted in the sixth episode of the second season of the HBO television series Rome. There is but a single battle and both Cassius and Brutus fall in battle instead of being suicides, though Brutus's death is a lone, suicidal attack on the triumvirate's' advancing forces. See also Pompeian–Parthian invasion of 40 BC List of Roman wars and battles Citations References Lawrence Keppie. The making of the Roman army. New York 1984 Ronald Syme. The Roman revolution. Oxford 1939 Thomas Harbottle, Dictionary of Battles. New York 1906 Primary sources Appian: Roman Civil Wars Plutarch: The Life of Brutus Suetonius: The Life of Augustus Velleius Paterculus: Roman History Augustus: Res Gestae External links Map of the First Battle of Philippi and Map of the Second Battle of Philippi at Livius.org 42 BC 40s BC conflicts Battles involving the Roman Republic Roman civil wars Macedonia (Roman province) Battle 1st-century BC battles Marcus Junius Brutus Battles involving the Parthian Empire