Battle of Ilipa
Coordinates: 37 ° 31 ′ 6 " N , 5 ° 58 ′ 42" W.
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| date | 206 BC Chr. |
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| place | Ilipa , Spain |
| output | Roman victory, end of Carthaginian domination in Spain |
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| Troop strength | |
| 45,000 infantry, 3,000 cavalry | 70,000 infantry, 4,000 cavalry, 32 elephants |
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 Ilipa (near the Iberian city of Ilipa ) marked the end of Carthaginian domination in Spain. It was also the career breakthrough for Scipio , the eventual winner of Zama . Scipio defeated Hannibal's brother , Mago , through an unconventional battle line-up that the latter could not counter. He commanded the right wing himself, while his sub-generals Marcus Iunius Silanus and Lucius Marcius Septimus commanded the left Roman wing. Scipio tried out preliminary forms of the later meeting tactics with Ilipa . The strategic influence of the battle may even have been greater than that of Cannae, since on the one hand the resource situation for Carthage deteriorated (silver mines in Spain) and on the other hand it no longer had to be fought only in Italy. The Battle of Ilipa was a prerequisite for Rome's ability to land in Africa and thus force Hannibal away from Italy. This also had an impact on the course of the battle of Crotona .
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- Polybios , Book XI, 20ff.
- Titus Livius , Book XXVIII, 12ff.
- Appian , Iberica 25f.
- Zonaras , Book IX, 8, 9f.