African war
The campaign during the Roman civil wars that Gaius Iulius Caesar waged against the supporters of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus and the Senate Party in the Roman province of Africa is called the African War ( bellum Africum ) .
After the battle of Pharsalus , Caesar's opponents rallied and signed an alliance treaty with Juba , king of Numidia . After less than six months, the war ended in 46 BC. Chr. By the victory of Caesar in the Battle of Thapsus .
The bellum Africum or Commentarius de bello Africo (“Report on the African War”) is also a contemporary depiction of the campaign that has come down to us among the works of Caesar, but most likely did not come from him.
literature
- Markus Müller: The Bellum Africum: a historical-philological commentary on chapters 1-47 . Diss. Trier 2001 [2004], here online (PDF; 2.9 MB).