Battle of Munda
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Empires, Dynasties, Civil Wars, Coups, Roman Empire, Ancient Rome
- Curriculum: Italian History, Spanish/Portuguese History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Spain
- Date: March 17, 45
Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in Roman Civil Wars of 88-30 b.c.e.. Result: Caesar killed three-quarters of the opposing army.
Julius Caesar had already defeated Republican armies at Pharsalus in Greece and Thapsus in Africa, and his most prominent political enemies were dead. Domitius Ahenobarbus and Pompey the Great had died in 48 b.c.e., Metellus Scipio and Cato Uticensis in 46 b.c.e. Diehards refusing to accept battlefield verdicts or Caesar’s pardon assembled in Spain. After the Thapsus campaign and quadruple triumph in Rome (October, 46...
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