Battle of Beneventum (214 BC)
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For the battle of the Pyrrhic War, see Battle of Beneventum (275 BC).
Battle of Beneventum | |||||||
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Part of the Second Punic War | |||||||
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Combatants | |||||||
Roman Republic | Carthage | ||||||
Commanders | |||||||
Tiberius Gracchus | Hanno | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
unknown | unknown | ||||||
Casualties | |||||||
unknown | unknown |
Second Punic War |
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Saguntum – Lilybaeum – Ticinus – Trebia – Cissa – Lake Trasimene – Ebro River – Ager Falernus – Geronium – Cannae – 1st Nola – Dertosa – 2nd Nola – Cornus – 3rd Nola – Beneventum – 1st Tarentum – 1st Capua – Silarus – 1st Herdonia – Syracuse – Upper Baetis – 2nd Capua – 2nd Herdonia – Cartagena – Numistro – Asculum – Tarentum – Baecula – Grumentum – Metaurus – Ilipa – Crotona – Bagbrades – Cirta – Po Valley – Great Plains – Zama |
The Battle of Beneventum was fought in 214 BC near modern Benevento during the Second Punic War. Roman legions under Tiberius Gracchus defeated Hanno's Carthaginian forces, denying Hannibal reinforcements.