Battle of Ilerda

Battle of Ilerda
	Part of Caesar's Civil War
	; Map of the first phase of the battle
Date	June–August 49 BC
Location	Ilerda (modern-day Lleida, Catalonia, Spain)
Result	Caesarian victory
Belligerents
Populares	Optimates
Commanders and leaders
Gaius Julius Caesar	Lucius Afranius; Marcus Petreius
Units involved
	Legio VI; Legio VII; Legio IX; Legio X; Legio XI; Legio XIV;
Strength
total: 31,000 20,000 legionaries; 5,000 auxiliary infantry; 6,000 cavalry;	total: 36,000 25,000 legionaries; 6,000 auxiliaries; 5,000 cavalry;
Casualties and losses
700 killed	200 killed; Entire army surrendered

The Battle of Ilerda took place in June 49 BC between the forces of Julius Caesar and the Spanish army of Pompey Magnus, led by his legates Lucius Afranius and Marcus Petreius. Unlike many of the other battles of the civil war, this was more a campaign of manoeuvre than actual fighting. It allowed Caesar to eliminate the threat of Pompey's forces in Hispania and face Pompey himself in Greece at the Battle of Pharsalus (48 BC).

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