What the records say
- When
- 46 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 36.88° N, 7.75° E
- Description
- sea battle in 46 BC
- Naval
- yes
Battle of Hippo Regius
Sea battle in 46 BC
The Battle of Hippo Regius was a naval encounter during Caesar's Civil War which occurred off the coast of the African city of Hippo Regius in 46 BC. Metellus Scipio and a number of influential senators from the Optimate faction were fleeing the disastrous Battle of Thapsus when their fleet was intercepted and destroyed by Publius Sittius, a mercenary commander in the employ of the Mauretanian king Bocchus, an ally o…
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