Battle of Dyrrhachium

When

8 Jul 48 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

41.32° N, 19.45° E

Description

battle of Caesar's Civil War in the area of the city of Dyrrachium (in what is now Albania)

Siege battle, part of Caesar's civil war

The Battle of Dyrrachium took place from April to late July 48 BC near the city of Dyrrachium in what is now Albania. It was fought between Gaius Julius Caesar and an army led by Gnaeus Pompey during Caesar's civil war.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Dyrrhachium: Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia; he retreats to Thessaly”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Dyrrhachium Muharebesi gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Dyrrhachium erleidet Gaius Iulius Caesar im römischen Bürgerkrieg gegen Pompeius eine Niederlage und entgeht dabei nur knapp der völligen…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “6 juin (17 juillet du calendrier romain) : victoire de Pompée à la bataille de Dyrrachium”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “el militar romano Pompeyo derrota al ejército de Julio César, en la batalla de Dyrrhachium”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “デュッラキウムの戦いで、カエサルはマケドニア属州でグナエウス・ポンペイウスに大敗を喫し、テッサリアまで退却した。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Caesar's Civil War8 Jan 49 BCE · Civil war