What the records say
- When
- 209 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 37.60° N, 0.98° W
- Description
- 209 BCE successful Roman assault on the Carthaginian stronghold New Carthage (Cartagena) in Iberia
Battle of New Carthage
209 BC battle of the Second Punic War
The battle of New Carthage took place in early 209 BC when a Roman army under Publius Cornelius Scipio successfully assaulted New Carthage, the capital of Carthaginian Iberia, which was defended by a garrison under Mago. The battle was part of the Second Punic War.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Schlacht um Neu Karthago: Publius Cornelius Scipio besiegt Hasdrubal Barkas und erobert Carthago Nova”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Printemps : bataille de Carthagène”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Взятие Сципионом Нового Карфагена”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة قرطاجنة - من مقره في تاراكو (طركونة الحالية) يبدأ القائد الروماني في إسبانيا بوبليوس كورنيليوس سكيبيو”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page