What the records say
- When
- 240 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 37.11° N, 10.13° E
- Description
- 240 BCE battle during the Mercenary War
Battle of the Bagradas River (240 BC)
Carthaginian military victory in 240 BC
The Battle of the Bagradas River was fought between a Carthaginian army led by Hamilcar Barca, who was victorious, and a rebel force led by Spendius. The battle in 240 BC was fought in what is now northeast Tunisia. Carthage was fighting a coalition of mutinous soldiers and rebellious African cities in the Mercenary War, which had started late the previous year in the wake of the First Punic War.
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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 “Carthage decides to give Hamilcar Barca joint command with Hanno the Great”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Été : victoire d'Hamilcar Barca sur les mercenaires révoltés à la bataille de Bagradas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Cartago decide dar a Amílcar Barca el mando junto con Hannón”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page