Siege of Oricum

Siege of Oricum
	Part of Caesar's invasion of Macedonia during Caesar's civil war
Date	Winter 48 BC
Location	Oricum, Epirus (now Albania)
Result	Populares victory
Belligerents
Populares	Optimates
Commanders and leaders
Gaius Julius Caesar	Lucius Manlius Torquatus
Strength
6 legions	Illyrian garrison

The siege of Oricum occurred in the winter of 48 BC during the Civil War, beginning in November. When Caesar approached the city of Oricum in Illyricum with an armed force, the Pompeian commander, Lucius Manlius Torquatus, surrendered without a fight. After Caesar departed for Dyrrhachium with most of his army, Gnaeus Pompeius the younger attacked Oricum with his fleet, and overcoming the harbour defenses prepared by Marcus Acilius Caninus, took the city by storm.^[1]^[2]

^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, vol. II, pp. 492, 493 ("Oricum").
^ Johanna Schmidt, "Orikos", in PW, Half-volume 35, cols. 1059–1062 (1939).

[DGRG_Oricum-1] Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, vol. II, pp. 492, 493 ("Oricum").

[PW_Orikos-2] Johanna Schmidt, "Orikos", in PW, Half-volume 35, cols. 1059–1062 (1939).

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