Aulus Gabinius, recalled by Caesar in 49…

Aulus Gabinius, recalled by Caesar in 49 BCE after the outbreak of the civil war,  had entered his service but had taken no active part against his old patron Pompey.

Gabinius  after the Battle of Pharsalu had been commissioned to transport some recently levied troops to Illyricum.

On his way thither by land, he is attacked by the Dalmatians and with difficulty makes his way to Salonae in Dalmatia, where he bravely defends himself against the attacks of the Pompeian commander, Marcus Octavius, but in a few months dies of illness in 48 or the beginning of 47.