Julius Caesar Marcus Antonius Gaius Caninius Rebilus
Pompey Lucius Scribonius Libo Lucius Manlius Torquatus
Units involved
Legio VIII Legio XII Legio XIII 3 freshly levied legions
22 cohorts
Strength
6 legions
2 legions
Casualties and losses
Low
Low
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Caesar's civil war
Italy
Rubicon
Corfinium
Brundisium
Spain
Massilia (land)
Ilerda
Massilia (naval)
Tauroento
Carteia
Munda
Corduba
Lauro
Macedonia and Illyricum
Curicta
Tauris
Caesar's invasion of Macedonia
Oricum
Dyrrhachium
Gomphi
Pharsalus
Egypt and Asia
Nicopolis
Alexandrian war
Alexandria
Nile
Zela
Apamea
Africa
Utica
Bagradas
Caesar's invasion of Africa
Ruspina
Ascurum
Thapsus
Hippo Regius
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