Battle of Ilerda

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The Battle of Ilerda was a pivotal 49 BC engagement in Julius Caesar’s civil war in which Caesar outmaneuvered Pompeian forces in Hispania, securing control of the Iberian Peninsula with minimal direct fighting.

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Battle of Ilerda canonical 2
Ilerda campaign 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Battle of Ilerda
surface form: Ilerda campaign
characteristic campaign of maneuver and siege
minimal direct fighting
combatant Roman legions loyal to Caesar
Roman legions loyal to Pompey
commandedBy Julius Caesar
conflict Caesar’s civil war
surface form: Caesar's Civil War
country Roman Republic
date 49 BC
describedBy Julius Caesar
describedIn Commentarii de Bello Civili
era late Roman Republic
followedBy Caesar's advance into further Hispania
geographicalContext Ebro basin
surface form: Ebro River region
hasParticipant Pompey the Great
surface form: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus

Julius Caesar
Lucius Afranius
Petreius
surface form: Marcus Petreius
hasSide Caesarian forces
Pompeian forces
historicalSignificance consolidated Caesar's power base outside Italy
involves control of supply lines and river crossings
logistical blockade of Pompeian forces
location Iberian Peninsula
surface form: Hispania

Celtiberia
surface form: Hispania Citerior

Ilerda
near modern Lleida
militaryTheater Caesar's campaign in Hispania
surface form: Hispania theater of Caesar's Civil War
notableAspect Caesar outmaneuvered Pompeian commanders rather than relying on pitched battle
opposedBy Lucius Afranius
Petreius
surface form: Marcus Petreius
outcome Caesar's campaign in Hispania
surface form: Caesar secured control of the Iberian Peninsula

surrender of Pompeian forces in Hispania
partOf Caesar’s civil war
surface form: Caesar's Civil War

Roman civil wars
precededBy Caesar's campaign in Italy
crossing of the Rubicon
result Caesarian victory
resultedIn capitulation of Afranius and Petreius
strategicImportance removed Pompeian armies from Hispania
secured western flank for Caesar
timePeriod 1st century BC
typeOfWarfare maneuver warfare
siege warfare

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Caesar’s civil war hasKeyBattle Battle of Ilerda
Siege of Brundisium relatedEvent Battle of Ilerda
Battle of Ilerda alsoKnownAs Battle of Ilerda
this entity surface form: Ilerda campaign