Battle of Ilerda

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Battle of Ilerda
Part of Caesar's Civil War
Map of the first phase of the battle
Date June–August 49 BC Location Ilerda (modern-day Lleida, Catalonia, Spain) Result Caesarian victory
Belligerents
Populares	Optimates
Commanders and leaders
Gaius Julius Caesar	Lucius Afranius Marcus Petreius
Units involved
Legio VI Legio VII Legio IX Legio X Legio XI Legio XIV
Strength
Total: 31,000 20,000 legionaries[a] 5,000 auxiliary infantry 6,000 cavalry[1]	Total: 36,000 25,000 legionaries[b] 6,000 auxiliaries 5,000 cavalry
Casualties and losses
700 killed or wounded	200 killed Entire army surrendered

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The Battle of Ilerda took place in June 49 BC between the forces of Julius Caesar and the Spanish army of Pompey Magnus, led by his legates Lucius Afranius and Marcus Petreius.^[2] Unlike many of the other battles of the civil war, this was more a campaign of manoeuvre than actual fighting. It allowed Caesar to eliminate the threat of Pompey's forces in Hispania and face Pompey himself in Greece at the Battle of Pharsalus (48 BC).

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