Gaius Scribonius Curio was a Roman orator and politician, distinct from his namesake father. As tribune in 50 BCE he shifted from opposition to support for Julius Caesar and proposed that both Caesar and Pompey surrender their commands. Caesar sent him to Sicily and Africa in 49. Accounts of Caesar buying his allegiance require caution. Curio was elected tribune for 50 BC as an opponent of Caesar, but he soon changed sides, reportedly after Caesar paid his debts. He vetoed attempts to strip Caesar of his command and proposed that both Caesar and Pompey give up their armies. At the end of 50 BC Curio fled to Caesar's camp. In 49 BC Caesar sent him to take Sicily and then Africa. In Africa Curio defeated the Pompeian forces near Utica, but he was drawn into an ambush by Saburra, general of King Juba I of Numidia, at the Bagradas River. Refusing to flee, he was killed with most of his army in 49 BC. The main event and its setting are better documented than the precise final moments. Exact last words and private exchanges are not consistently preserved, so those details remain uncertain.