What the records say
- When
- 206 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 37.52° N, 5.98° W
- Description
- Scipio Africanus’s most brilliant victory in his military career during the Second Punic War
Battle of Ilipa
206 BC Second Punic War Roman victory in Spain
The Battle of Ilipa was an engagement considered by many as Scipio Africanus's most brilliant victory in his military career during the Second Punic War in 206 BC. It may have taken place on a plain east of Alcalá del Río, Seville, Spain, near the village of Esquivel, the site of the Carthaginian camp.
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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 “In the Battle of Ilipa (Alcalá del Río, near Seville) in Spain, the Carthaginian generals, Mago Barca and Hasdrubal Gisco”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Sieg des Scipio Africanus in der Schlacht von Ilipa über die Karthager unter Mago Barkas und Hasdrubal sowie ihrem ostnumidischen Verbündeten Massinissa”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Printemps : le général romain Publius Cornelius Scipio, futur Scipio Africanus Major ou Scipion l'Africain”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Ilipa - Escipión vence a los cartagineses, haciéndoles retroceder hasta Gadir Cádiz”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة إليبا بين الرومان والقرطاجيين انتهت بهزيمة القرطاجيين - معركة إيليبا (ألكالا ديل ريو حاليا قرب مدينة إشبيلية) في إسبانيا”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “イリッパの戦いで、カルタゴの将軍マゴ・バルカとハスドルバル・ギスコがローマ帝国の将軍大スキピオに敗れた。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page