Battle of the Bagradas (49 BC)

Battle of the Bagradas River
Part of Caesar's Civil War
Date 24 August 49 BC[1] Location Medjerda River, Tunisia 36°52′48″N 9°57′54″E / 36.88000°N 9.96500°E / 36.88000; 9.96500 Result Optimates victory
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 Army of Juba I of Numidia Iberian and Gallic cavalry Numidian light cavalry Numidian light infantry
Strength
7,500 infantry (15 cohorts of legionaries) 500 cavalry	Juba's army with 60 elephants
Casualties and losses
Heavy – 2 legions destroyed	Minimal
class=notpageimage| Location within Tunisia Show map of Tunisia Battle of the Bagradas (49 BC) (Mediterranean) Show map of Mediterranean

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.