Pompeius the Younger 's head was then cut off and brought to Hispalis , where it was displayed to the local populace . Meanwhile , the Lusitanians who had escaped the battle rallied many of their tribal members and attacked the forces of Gaius Didius , who had set up a camp near the coast . Provoking Didius to sally out from his camp by setting fire to his landed ships , the Lusitanians ambushed and killed him and many of his men . Those who survived fled to their remaining ships and escaped to the sea . After Munda and Gnaeus Pompeius ' death , Julius Caesar believed the Pompeians to be completely defeated in Spain , and consequently left only few forces there to mop up the remaining resistance when returning to Rome . Unlike his older brother , however , Sextus Pompey successfully evaded the Caesarian pursuers and actually rebuilt the Pompeian armies . By the time Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC , he had reconquered most of southern Spain for the Pompeian cause
Caesar was assassinated
Assassination of Julius Caesar
Battle of Lauro