Corduba 27BC

It is the year 49 BC when Julius Caesar meets in Corduba the leaders of the main colonies of Hispania Ulterior, where he thanks them for the support received during the war. The fight between Caesar and Pompey came to an end with a clear winner, but not all Roman citizens were in favor of Caesar.

A year later, the cruel governor and Caesar's right-hand man in the province, the praetor Fifth Cassius Longinus, suffered an attack on his way to the city's basilica. This act was the prelude to what would happen two years later, when, making use of the power granted to them by the name of Pompey, and squeezing the resources of the Roman province itself, Gnaeus and Sextus, sons of the one who was an ally and an enemy of Caesar, had taken control of all of Hispania, including the Roman colonies of Itálica and Corduba. Gnaeus and Sextus Pompey had assembled an army of thirteen legions made up of veterans loyal to Pompey, Roman citizens of Hispania, and the remains of his defeated army in Africa.

Caesar traveled to the capital of Hispania to crush the rebellion. After losing a first battle against Gnaeus for control of the bridge, Caesar was forced to spend the winter in Ategua, which led to the looting of the area to supply his army. Many joined the rebellion of Pompey's sons, but not enough. Forced to take refuge in the city after the battle of Munda, Gnaeus and Sextus are besieged by Caesar's army, which takes the city by assault. Sexto manages to escape Caesar's wrath, but his brother Cneo dies along with 22,000 other people from Cordoba. As punishment for supporting the rebellion and hiding its instigators, the city is virtually destroyed.