Battle of Ebro River

When

217 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

40.72° N, 0.86° E

Description

naval battle of the Second Punic War, fought near the mouth of Ebro River in the spring of 217 BC

Naval

yes

217 BC naval battle between the Romans and the Carthaginians

The Battle of Ebro River was a naval battle fought near the mouth of Ebro River in the spring of 217 BC between a Carthaginian fleet of approximately 40 quinqueremes, under the command of Himilco, and a Roman fleet of 35 ships, under Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus. Hasdrubal Barca, the Carthaginian commander in Iberia, had launched a joint expedition to destroy the Roman base north of the Ebro River.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Printemps : victoire navale majeure de Cnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus sur la flotte carthaginoise à la bataille de l'Èbre”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Победа римского флота над карфагенским в битве при Эбро”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla en la desembocadura del río Ebro”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة نهر أبرة”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Second Punic War218 BCE · War