What the records say
- When
- 211 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 36.78° N, 6.35° W
- Description
- double battle, battles of Castulo and Ilorca, fought in 211 BCE between Rome and Carthage
Battle of the Upper Baetis
211 BCE battle during the Second Punic War
The Battle of the Upper Baetis was a double battle, comprising the battles of Castulo and Ilorca, fought in 211 BC during the Second Punic War between a Carthaginian force led by Hasdrubal Barca and a Roman force led by Publius Cornelius Scipio and his brother Gnaeus. The immediate result was a Carthaginian victory in which both Roman brothers were killed.
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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 “The Carthaginian general Hasdrubal Barca returns to Spain after his victory over the rebellious Numidians”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Auf der Iberischen Halbinsel gelingt es den Karthagern unter Hasdrubal Barkas die römischen Heere zu trennen und sowohl in der Schlacht von Castulo als auch…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “L’armée des deux Scipions est réduite à néant par les Carthaginois à la bataille du haut Bétis (Espagne) où Publius est tué”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “El general cartaginés Asdrúbal Barca regresa a Hispania después de su victoria sobre los rebeldes númidas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة بيتس العليا - القائد القرطاجي صدربعل برقا يعود إلى إسبانيا بعد انتصاره على المتمردين النيوميديين”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page