MUNDA, BATTLE OF


Meaning of MUNDA, BATTLE OF in English

(45 BC) Conflict that ended the Roman civil war between the forces of Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar .

The two forces met in Spain, where the late Pompey's sons had seized Córdoba in revolt. Caesar lured the Pompeians from their high ground to do battle; when the rebels maneuvered a contingent to meet a cavalry charge, it was mistaken for a retreat by their army, which broke and fled, and Caesar claimed victory.

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