Battle of Beneventum

Quand

214 av. J.-C.

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

41.13° N, 14.78° E

Description

battle fought in 214 BCE near modern Benevento during the Second Punic War, in which Roman legions under Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus defeated Hanno's Carthaginian forces, denying Hannibal reinforcements

Roman victory in the Second Punic War

The Battle of Beneventum was fought in 214 BC near modern Benevento during the Second Punic War. Roman legions under Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus defeated Hanno's Carthaginian forces, denying Hannibal reinforcements. Livy gives a brief description of the battle, which was part of the Roman campaign to subdue the southern Italian city-states that had joined Hannibal after the Battle of Cannae.

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