Battle of Lake Trasimene

When

17 Jun 217 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

43.20° N, 12.09° E

Description

217 BCE battle of the Second Punic War

217 BC battle of the Second Punic War

The Battle of Lake Trasimene was fought when a Carthaginian force under Hannibal ambushed a Roman army commanded by Gaius Flaminius on 21 June 217 BC, during the Second Punic War. The battle took place on the north shore of Lake Trasimene, to the south of Cortona, and resulted in a heavy defeat for the Romans.

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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 “On the northern shore of Lake Trasimene, in Umbria, Hannibal's troops all but annihilate Gaius Flaminius' army in the Battle of Lake Trasimene”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Hannibal besiegt die Römer unter dem Konsul Gaius Flaminius in der Schlacht am Trasimenischen See (Zweiter Punischer Krieg), Flaminius fällt in der Schlacht”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “8 avril (15 mars du calendrier romain) : début à Rome du consulat de Cnaeus Servilius Geminus et Caius Flaminius Nepos (pour la seconde fois)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Весна — Поход Ганнибала в Северную Этрурию, с невероятными трудностями перешёл горные цепи и долины разлившихся рек”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla del Lago Trasimeno”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة بحيرة تراسمانيا”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “特拉西梅诺湖战役，漢尼拔全殲羅馬共和國三萬主力軍。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “トラシメヌス湖畔の戦い（第二次ポエニ戦争）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Second Punic War218 BCE · War