What the records say
- When
- 217 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 45.05° N, 9.70° E
- Description
- 217 BC battle of the Second Punic War
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Placentia (217 BC)
217 BC battle of the Second Punic War
The Battle of Placentia which took place in January of 217 BC during the Second Punic War, represented a double clash of secondary importance, engaged between the army of the consul Tiberius Sempronius Longus and the Carthaginian army of Hannibal, after the latter's victories at the Ticinus and at the Trebbia.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille indécise devant Plaisance entre Hannibal et le consul Sempronius”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page