Gaius Julius Caesar Marcus Antonius Gaius Scribonius Curio
L. Domitius Ahenobarbus P. C. Lentulus Spinther Lucius Vibullius Rufus
Units involved
Legio VIII Legio XII Legio XIII 22 freshly levied cohorts from Gaul 7 cohorts from Sulmo 300 auxiliary cavalrymen from Noricum
33 cohorts
Strength
Initial: 2 legions At end of siege: 6 legions
3 legions
Casualties and losses
Unknown
Unknown
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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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