Battle of the Bagradas River | |||||||
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Part of Caesar's Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Populares |
Optimates Numidia Garamantes | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Gaius Scribonius Curio † Gaius Caninius Rebilus |
Saburra Juba I of Numidia | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Legio XV Legio XVI Gallic auxiliary cavalry |
Saburra's vanguard
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Strength | |||||||
7,500 infantry (15 cohorts of legionaries) 500 cavalry | Juba's army with 60 elephants | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Heavy - 2 legions destroyed | Minimal | ||||||
Location within Tunisia |
The Battle of the Bagradas (49 BC) occurred near the Bagradas River (the classical name of the Medjerda) 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.