Battle of Beneventum (212 BC)
| Battle of Beneventum | |||||||
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| Part of the Second Punic War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Roman Republic |
 Carthage | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Quintus Fulvius Flaccus | Hanno the Elder | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 23,000 | 16,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 3,200 | 6,800 | ||||||
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The Battle of Beneventum was fought between Carthage and Roman republic in 212 BC. During this conflict Hanno the Elder was defeated by Quintus Fulvius Flaccus. Livy gives a short account of this battle at 25.13-14.[1]
