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."
In the conflict between Julius Caesar and Pompey in 48 BCE, the inhabitants of Gomphi, upon learning of Caesar's defeat at Dyrrhachium, closed their gates against him when he arrived at the location from Aeginium; however, he took the town by force within a few hours. Caesar, in his account of these events, designates Gomphi as "the first town in Thessaly to those coming from Epirus."