Third Battle of Nola
Coordinates: 40 ° 55 ′ 34 ″ N , 14 ° 31 ′ 39 ″ E
| date | 214 BC Chr. |
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| place | Nola , in what is now Italy |
| output | Decisive victory for the Romans |
| consequences | The Carthaginians withdrew after this defeat |
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| losses | |
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unknown |
high |
Saguntum - Lilybaeum II - Rhone - Ticinus - Trebia - Cissa - Lake Trasimeno - Ager Falernus - Geronium - Cannae - Nola I - Nola II - Ibera - Cornus - Nola III - Beneventum I - Syracuse - Tarentum I - Capua I - Beneventum II - Silarus - Herdonia I - Upper Baetis - Capua II - Herdonia II - Numistro - Asculum - Tarentum II - New Carthage - Baecula - Grumentum - Metaurus - Ilipa - Crotona - Large fields - Cirta - Zama
The Third Battle of Nola in 214 BC BC was the third and last unsuccessful attempt by Hannibal to take Nola , the bastion of the Romans in central Italy against the Carthaginians. The battle ended with very many dead on the Carthaginian side, which led to a clear victory for Marcus Claudius Marcellus.
prehistory
Hannibal gathered his military strength after the two previous embarrassing defeats in order to finally take Nola. The Roman army encamped in the city had, however, gained self-confidence from successfully defending the city over the past two years. Marcellus now called on the legionaries to make a sortie and defeat the Carthaginian army once and for all. The two armies met on the plain in front of the city in the spring of 214 BC. Chr. Each other.
The battle
Little is known about the exact course of the battle, but Roman records tell of a great many dead on the Carthaginian side and a decisive victory for the Romans. There is also said to have been cowardice on the part of the Carthaginians. Hannibal is said to have punished his soldiers with beatings after the battle.
consequences
With this defeat, the belief in the invincibility of Carthage was finally gone. Hannibal's army passed the city to the northwest, where Capua lay; Marcellus was celebrated as the winner.
See also
literature
- Peter Connolly : Hannibal and the enemies of Rome , ISBN 3-7886-0182-5 , page 72 ff
- Leonard Cottrell: Hannibal, the enemy of Rome , ISBN 978-0-03-030720-1 , pp. 173f