What the records say
- When
- 216 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 44.41° N, 11.09° E
- Description
- battle that occurred in 218 BCE during the Second Punic War
Battle of Silva Litana
Battle of the Second Punic War
The Battle of Silva Litana was an ambush that took place in a forest 75 miles northwest of the Roman city of Ariminum during the Second Punic War in 216 BC. The Gallic Boii surprised and destroyed a Roman army under the consul-elect Lucius Postumius Albinus. Of 25,000 Romans, only 13 survived, with a few being taken prisoner by the Gauls.
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