What the records say
- When
- May 219 BCE – Dec 219 BCE
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 39.68° N, 0.28° W
- Description
- 219 BCE battle between the Carthaginians and the Saguntines in the Roman-allied town of Saguntum (in modern-day Sagunto, Spain), triggering the Second Punic War
4 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Hannibal lays siege to Saguntum thus initiating the Second Punic War between Carthage and Rome”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Hannibal beginnt mit der Belagerung von Saguntum, eines Verbündeten Roms”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Le général carthaginois Hannibal assiège Saguntum (Sagonte) en Espagne”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page