Battle of Cornus

When

215 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

39.31° N, 8.97° E

Description

battle of the Second Punic War, taking place when a Carthaginian army sailed to Sardinia in support of a Sardinian revolt against Roman rule

Roman victory during the Second Punic War

The Battle of Decimomannu, Battle of Cornus or Battle of Caralis was fought 215 BC on the island of Sardinia when a Carthaginian army sailed to the island to support a local revolt against Roman rule. The army, led by Hasdrubal the Bald, fought a Roman army of similar size under the praetor Titus Manlius Torquatus in the Fall of 215 BC somewhere between Sestu and Decimomannu, just north of Caralis.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Decimomannu, the Romans led by Torquatus defeat a combined Sardinian/Carthaginian army ending the Sardinian rebellion and driving off the…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Cornus auf Sardinien siegen die Römer über ein karthagisches Heer”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Révolte de la Sardaigne contre Rome menée par Hampsicora, réprimée par le préteur Titus Manlius Torquatus”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Cornus entre Cartago y la República romana”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Second Punic War218 BCE · War