Battle of Munda

Battle of Munda
Part of Caesar's Civil War
Battle of Munda (engraving by Matthäus Merian, cca 1625)
Date 17 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 began the Republican decline that led to the Roman Empire, initiated with the reign of the emperor Augustus.

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