Battle of Hippo Regius

Battle of Hippo Regius
Part of Caesar's Civil War
Date 46 BC Location Off Hippo Regius, Africa, Roman Republic 36°52′57″N 07°45′00″E / 36.88250°N 7.75000°E / 36.88250; 7.75000 Result Caesarian victory
Belligerents
Populares	Optimates
Commanders and leaders
Publius Sittius	Metellus Scipio  L. Manlius Torquatus † Publius Damasippus † Plaetorius Rustianus †
Casualties and losses
Low	Very High

The Battle of Hippo Regius was a naval encounter during Caesar's Civil War which occurred off the coast of the African city of Hippo Regius in 46 BC. Metellus Scipio and a number of influential senators from the Optimate faction were fleeing the disastrous Battle of Thapsus when their fleet was intercepted and destroyed by Publius Sittius, a mercenary commander in the employ of the Mauretanian king Bogud, an ally of Gaius Julius Caesar's. Scipio committed suicide and all of the other senators were killed during the battle.