In the campaign between Julius Caesar and Pompey in 48 BCE, the inhabitants of Gomphi, having heard of Caesar's repulse at Dyrrhachium, shut their gates against him, when he arrived at the place from Aeginium; but he took the place by assault in a few hours. Caesar, in his account of these events, describes Gomphi as the "first town in Thessaly to those coming from Epirus."
During the conflict between Julius Caesar and Pompey in 48 BCE, the people of Gomphi, after hearing about Caesar's defeat at Dyrrhachium, shut their gates against him when he arrived at the location from Aeginium. However, Caesar took over the town by force within a few hours. In his account of these events, Caesar describes Gomphi as "the first town in Thessaly to those coming from Epirus."