Battle of Munda

Battle of Munda
Part of Caesar's Civil War

Battle of Munda (engraving by Matthäus Merian, cca 1625)
Date17 March 45 BC
Location
Campus Mundensis, probably near La Lantejuela, Andalusia, modern southern Spain
37°21′00″N 5°13′00″W / 37.3500°N 5.2167°W / 37.3500; -5.2167
Result Caesarian-Mauretanian victory
Belligerents
Caesarians
Mauretania
Pompeians
Commanders and leaders
Julius Caesar
Quintus Fabius Maximus
Quintus Pedius
Gaius Caninius Rebilus
Bogud of Mauretania
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
Sextus Pompeius
Titus Labienus 
Publius Attius Varus 
Strength
8 legions, 8,000 cavalry, auxiliaries unknown

Total: c. 50,000−60,000[a]
13 legions, cavalry and auxiliaries

Total: c. 70,000
Casualties and losses
1,000 killed or missing
500 wounded
30,000 killed

The Battle of Munda (17 March 45 BC), in southern Hispania Ulterior, was the final battle of Caesar's civil war against the leaders of the Optimates.[1] With the military victory at Munda and the deaths of Titus Labienus and Gnaeus Pompeius (eldest son of Pompey), Caesar was politically able to return in triumph to Rome, and then govern as the elected Roman dictator. Subsequently, the assassination of Julius Caesar furthered the long Republican decline that led to the Roman Empire, initiated with the reign of the emperor Augustus.


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  1. ^ "Battle of Munda | Roman history | Britannica".