Battle of the Bagradas (49 BC)

Battle of the Bagradas River
	Part of Caesar's Civil War
Date	24 August 49 BC
Location	Medjerda River, Tunisia36°52′48″N 9°57′54″E / 36.88000°N 9.96500°E
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 Battle of the Bagradas (49 BC) (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.