Atlas of Battles

commander, 24 engagements

Battles of Julius Caesar

Battles of Julius Caesar

Roman general and dictator, 100 BC to 44 BC

Julius Caesar is recorded as a commander at 24 placed engagements in the atlas between 81 BC and 45 BC: 15 battles, 8 sieges and 1 naval action across 9 present-day countries, most in France (10), Spain (3), Turkey (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 16,275 km apart end to end, 708 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Gallic War (11), Caesar's Civil War (9).

Siege of MytileneBattle of BibracteBattle of the ArarBattle of VosgesBattle of the SabisBattle of the AxonaBattle of MorbihanAmbiorix's RevoltBattle of VingeanneSiege of UxellodunumSiege of CorfiniumBattle of IlerdaSiege of GomphiBattle of DyrrhachiumSiege of AlexandriaBattle of the NileBattle of ZelaBattle of RuspinaSiege of CordubaBattle of GergoviaBattle of AlesiaBattle of PharsalusBattle of ThapsusBattle of MundaBattle of GergoviaBattle of AlesiaBattle of PharsalusBattle of ThapsusBattle of MundaMadridAthensCasablancaKyivViennaAmsterdamBarcelonaAlexandriaAnkaraAlgiers1000 km40.717N, 13.175E
24 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

81 BC: 1 engagements58 BC: 3 engagements3 in 58 BC57 BC: 2 engagements56 BC: 1 engagements54 BC: 1 engagements52 BC: 3 engagements3 in 52 BC51 BC: 1 engagements49 BC: 2 engagements48 BC: 3 engagements3 in 48 BC47 BC: 3 engagements3 in 47 BC46 BC: 2 engagements45 BC: 2 engagements81 BC45 BC
24 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Mytilene, 81 BCBattle of Bibracte, 58 BCBattle of the Arar, 58 BCBattle of Vosges, 58 BCBattle of the Sabis, 57 BCBattle of the Axona, 57 BCBattle of Morbihan, 56 BCAmbiorix's Revolt, 54 BCBattle of Gergovia, 52 BCBattle of Alesia, 52 BCBattle of Vingeanne, 52 BCSiege of Uxellodunum, 51 BCSiege of Corfinium, 49 BCBattle of Ilerda, 49 BCSiege of Gomphi, 48 BCBattle of Pharsalus, 48 BCBattle of Dyrrhachium, 48 BCSiege of Alexandria, 47 BCBattle of the Nile, 47 BCBattle of Zela, 47 BCBattle of Ruspina, 46 BCBattle of Thapsus, 46 BCBattle of Munda, 45 BCSiege of Corduba, 45 BC81 BC45 BC
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
81 BCSiege of MytileneMytilene, TurkeyRoman victory
58 BCBattle of BibracteSaône-et-Loire, France2,016 km NWRoman victory
58 BCBattle of the ArarVillefranche-sur-Saône, France145 km SERoman victory
58 BCBattle of VosgesAlsace, France295 km NERoman victory
57 BCBattle of the SabisSaulzoir, France396 km NWRoman victory
57 BCBattle of the AxonaAisne, France99 km SWRoman victory
56 BCBattle of MorbihanFrance473 km SWRoman victory
October 54 BCAmbiorix's RevoltTongeren, Belgium707 km NERoman victory
52 BCBattle of GergoviaGergovie, France590 km SGallic victory
July 52 BCBattle of AlesiaAlesia, France229 km NERoman victory
July 52 BCBattle of VingeanneFrance229 km SWRoman victory
51 BCSiege of UxellodunumUxellodunum, France141 km SWRoman victory
14 February 49 BCSiege of CorfiniumCorfinium, Italy1,028 km ECaesarian victory
June 49 BCBattle of IlerdaLleida, Spain1,191 km WCaesarian victory
48 BCSiege of GomphiGomphi, Greece1,884 km ECaesarian victory
6 June 48 BCBattle of PharsalusFarsala, Greece63 km ECaesarian victory
10 July 48 BCBattle of DyrrhachiumDurrës, Albania335 km NWPompeian victory
47 BCSiege of AlexandriaAlexandria, Egypt1,463 km SERoman victory
47 BCBattle of the NileNile Delta, Egypt119 km ERoman victory; Cleopatra and Ptolemy XIV installed as...
June 47 BCBattle of ZelaZile, Turkey1,130 km NRoman victory
4 January 46 BCBattle of RuspinaRuspina, Tunisia2,244 km WPompeian victory
6 April 46 BCBattle of ThapsusThapsus, Tunisia26 km SECaesarian victory
17 March 45 BCBattle of MundaMunda, Spain1,434 km WCaesarian-Mauretanian victory
19 March 45 BCSiege of CordubaCorduba, Spain38 km NCaesarian Victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Ángel M. Felicísimo from Mérida, España, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.