Battle of Tauris

Battle of Tauris
	Part of Caesar's civil war
Date	March 47 BC
Location	Tauris (likely Šipan, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia)
Result	Caesarian victory
Belligerents
Caesarians	Pompeians
Commanders and leaders
Publius Vatinius	Marcus Octavius (WIA)
Units involved
At least 1 quinquereme	1 quadrireme, 2 triremes, 8 biremes, 8 two-banked galleys, and an unknown number of small ships; At least 1 quinquereme
Casualties and losses
None	1 quinquereme destroyed; 2 triremes, 8 biremes, 8 two-banked galleys and other small ships captured Some other ships rammed or capsized

The Battle of Tauris was a naval battle during Caesar's civil war in which a Pompeian fleet led by Marcus Octavius was defeated by a Caesarian fleet led by Publius Vatinius operating off the coast of Dalmatia.

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