Battle of Ilerda

When

Jun 49 BCE – Aug 49 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

41.37° N, 0.50° W

Description

battle between the forces of Julius Caesar and the Spanish army of Pompey the Great

49 BC battle in modern-day Catalonia

The Battle of Ilerda took place in June 49 BC between the forces of Julius Caesar and the Hispanian army of Pompey Magnus, led by his legates Lucius Afranius and Marcus Petreius. Unlike many of the other battles of the civil war, this was more a campaign of manoeuvre than actual fighting.

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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 “Caesar surrounds Afranius and Petreius's army in Ilerda”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “27 mai (26 juin du calendrier romain) : César vainc les Pompéiens à Ilerda (Lérida) lors de la première campagne d’Espagne”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Битва при Илерде”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Ilerda entre los ejércitos de Julio César y Pompeyo”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “カエサルがイレルダ（現在のリェイダ）にてアフラニウス、マルクス・ペトレイウスの軍を包囲（イレルダの戦い）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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