What the records say
- When
- 203 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 36.37° N, 6.61° E
- Description
- battle during the Second Punic War between the forces of the Roman Republic under Publius Cornelius Scipio and Carthage's main ally, Syphax
Battle of Cirta
203 BC battle of the Second Punic War
The Battle of Cirta was fought in 203 BC between an army of largely Masaesyli Numidians commanded by their king Syphax and a force of mainly Massylii Numidians led by Masinissa, who was supported by an unknown number of Romans under the legate Gaius Laelius. It took place somewhere to the east of the city of Cirta and was part of the Second Punic War.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة سيرتا - الجنرال الروماني غايوس لايلوس وحليف روما النوميدي ماسينيسا، يطاردون صيفاقس في اتجاه سيرتا عاصمة النوميديين”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page