What the records say
- When
- 211 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 41.08° N, 14.25° E
- Description
- battle of the Second Punic War that took place in 211 BCE when the Romans besieged and captured Capua
Siege of Capua (211 BC)
211 BC battle of the Second Punic War
The Siege of Capua was fought in 211 BC, when the Romans besieged Capua. It is described by Polybius at 9.4–7, by Livy at 26.4–6, and by Appian at 37–44 of his Hannibalic War.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Rom erobert Capua in der Zweiten Schlacht von Capua von Hannibal zurück”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Été : Capoue, adoptée comme position-clef par Hannibal, se rend aux Romains après un deuxième siège”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Осада римлянами Флакка Капуи”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page