The Pharsalia

What is the main conflict in The Pharsalia by Lucan?

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The Pharsalia has been described by Ahl as "a political act as well as a political poem." Written when Nero's true nature could no longer be denied, it is a harrowing portrait of the disintegration of Rome, civil war, and the triumph of a single will.

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