Battle of Grumentum
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| date | 207 BC Chr. |
|---|---|
| place | Grumentum on the Agri River |
| output | minor Roman victory |
| Parties to the conflict | |
|---|---|
| Commander | |
| Troop strength | |
| unknown | unknown |
| losses | |
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about 500 |
According to Livy, 8,000 dead and 700 prisoners |
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 Battle of Grumentum was a skirmish between the Romans and the Carthaginians in 207 BC. Chr.
prehistory
The Roman consul Gaius Claudius Nero and his army were responsible for fighting Hannibal in southern Italy, while his colleague Marcus Livius Salinator in the north was supposed to fend off the invasion of Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal . 207 BC The battle of Grumentum on the Agri river took place in the 4th century BC .
The battle
At Grumentum in Lucania , Claudius Nero was able to win a victory over Hannibal, in which, according to Titus Livius, 8,000 members of Hannibal's army were killed and 700 were captured.
consequences
Later Nero left part of his troops to guard Hannibal and set out with the other part of his army to the north, where he supported Livius Salinator in defeating Hasdrubal in the Battle of Metaurus .
source
- Titus Livius : 27, 41-42