Qualla: Battle of Lauron https://qualla.com/battle-of-lauron en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:38:46 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Lauron https://qualla.com/battle-of-lauron Battle of Lauron: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-lauron/ Pompey had thirty thousand veterans and nowhere to send them. In 76 BC, on a plain in eastern Hispania, the rising star of Rome found himself pinned in place while his own soldiers were cut down in full view of his lines. Every instinct told him to charge to their rescue. Every calculation told him it would destroy his army. So he stood there and watched them die. The rebel general Quintus Sertorius had built the trap precisely, and the humiliation of Lauron would follow Pompey for years.

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]]> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/y/z/w/battle-of-lauron-wp/eyzw-battle-of-lauron-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Lauron: The Rebel Rome Could Not Beat https://qualla.com/battle-of-lauron/ Sertorius was a Roman fighting Rome. A loyal man of the Marian faction, he had been driven out of Hispania in 81 BC when the dictator Sulla's forces took the Iberian provinces, and he washed up in North Africa, where he seized the city of Tingis. When the Lusitanians, a fierce Ib...

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]]> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/y/z/w/battle-of-lauron-wp/eyzw-battle-of-lauron-the-rebel-rome-could-not-beat.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Lauron: The Trap Baited With Grass https://qualla.com/battle-of-lauron/ Sertorius reached Lauron first and laid siege. Pompey, confident in his veterans, camped so close he expected to force a quick battle. Sertorius answered not with a charge but with patience. He sent his cavalry and light troops to harass Pompey's foragers, but only those working ...

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]]> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/y/z/w/battle-of-lauron-wp/eyzw-battle-of-lauron-the-trap-baited-with-grass.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Lauron: A General Forced to Watch https://qualla.com/battle-of-lauron/ When Pompey learned his foragers were in trouble, he sent his legate Decimus Laelius with a full legion to cover their retreat. It marched straight into the ambush. Sertorian cavalry drew the legion forward, infantry met it head-on, and then the cavalry that had circled behind st...

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