What the records say
- When
- 204 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 39.08° N, 17.12° E
- Description
- one of the last larger scale engagements between the Romans and the Carthaginians in Italy during the Second Punic War
Battles of Kroton
Battles in 204 and 203 BC
The Battles of Kroton or Crotone in 204 and 203 BC were, as well as the raid in Cisalpine Gaul, the last larger scale engagements between the Romans and the Carthaginians in Italy during the Second Punic War. After Hannibal’s retreat to Bruttium due to the Metaurus debacle, the Romans continuously tried to block his forces from gaining access to the Ionian Sea and cut his eventual escape to Carthage by capturing Krot…
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Battle of Crotona is fought between Hannibal's Carthaginian army, and a Roman force led by Publius Sempronius Tuditanus”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Hannibal kämpft gegen die römischen Legionen bei Crotona – unentschieden”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bataille de Crotone, indécise, entre Hannibal et le consul Publius Sempronius Tuditanus”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Se libra la Batalla de Crotona, cerca de la ciudad italiana homónima, en Calabria, entre fuerzas de Cartago y de la República romana”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة كروتوني - معركة كروتونا بين الجيش القرطاجي بقيادة حنبعل وقوة رومانية بقيادة بوبليوس سيمبرونيوس توديتانوس، بدون نتيجة حاسمة”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page