Qualla: Battle of Hippo Regius https://qualla.com/battle-of-hippo-regius en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:30 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Hippo Regius https://qualla.com/battle-of-hippo-regius Battle of Hippo Regius: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-hippo-regius/ Publius Sittius was, by any measure, an unlikely kingmaker. Implicated in the Catilinarian Conspiracy of 63 BC, this Roman from Campania had fled to North Africa and reinvented himself as a mercenary commander in the service of King Bocchus II of Mauretania. He had no particular loyalty to Julius Caesar. According to the historian Cassius Dio, Caesar did not even know Sittius existed in the early stages of the African campaign. Yet it was Sittius who delivered one of the most consequential blows of Caesar's Civil War -- not on a planned battlefield, but in a chance encounter off the coast of Hippo Regius in 46 BC.

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/t/9/battle-of-hippo-regius-wp/snt9-battle-of-hippo-regius-the-disaster-at-thapsus.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Hippo Regius: Headwinds and Destruction https://qualla.com/battle-of-hippo-regius/ Scipio gathered his remaining supporters and set sail westward with whatever fleet he could muster, hoping to reach safety. But a strong headwind forced the ships to seek port at Hippo Regius on the North African coast. It was here, by sheer chance, that Sittius's mercenary fleet...

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