Battle of the Bagradas River

When

22 Aug 49 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

36.88° N, 9.96° E

Description

between Julius Caesar's general Gaius Scribonius Curio and the Pompeian Republicans under Publius Attius Varus and King Juba I of Numidia

North African battle of Caesar's civil war

The Battle of the Bagradas occurred near the Bagradas River in what is now Tunisia on 24 August and was fought between Julius Caesar's general Gaius Scribonius Curio and the Pompeian Republicans under Publius Attius Varus and King Juba I of Numidia. The result was a crushing defeat for the Caesarean forces and the death of Curio.

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• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Curio landet in Africa und erringt dort einige kleinere Siege, wird jedoch in der Schlacht am Bagradas vernichtend geschlagen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “20 juillet (20 août du calendrier romain) : en Afrique, Curion, partisan de César”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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• Caesar's Civil War8 Jan 49 BCE · Civil war