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207 BCE battle

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Battle of Grumentum

Part of the Second Punic War

Plan of the battle of Grumentum

Date	Spring 207 BC
Location	Grumentum, present-day Italy 40°17′02″N 15°54′22″E / 40.28389°N 15.90611°E / 40.28389; 15.90611
Result	Minor Roman victory

Belligerents

Roman Republic

Carthage

Commanders and leaders

Gaius Claudius Nero

Hannibal

Strength

Unknown

Casualties and losses

500+ killed

10,706+

8,000+ killed (Roman claim)
700+ captured
4 elephants killed
2 elephants captured
2,000 killed after battle

v t e Second Punic War
Prelude Saguntum Rhone Crossing of the Alps Italy Ticinus Trebia Mutina Placentia Victumulae Lake Trasimene Umbrian Lake Crossing of the Apennines Ager Falernus Geronium Cannae Silva Litana 1st Nola Nuceria Alfaterna 1st Casilinum Hamae 1st Petelia Cumae 2nd Nola 1st Beneventum 3rd Nola 2nd Casilinum Lucania Arpi 1st Tarentum 2nd Beneventum Campi Veteres 1st Capua Silarus 1st Herdonia 2nd Capua Rome Sapriportis 2nd Herdonia Numistro Canusium Manduria Caulonia 2nd Tarentum Locri 2nd Petelia Venusia Grumentum Metaurus Crotona Insubria Iberia Cissa Ebro River Ibera Illiturgis Munda Orongi Upper Baetis 1st New Carthage Baria Baecula Ilipa Sucro 1st Carteia 2nd Carteia 2nd New Carthage Sicily and Sardinia Lilybaeum Malta Decimomannu Leontini Syracuse Himera Agrigentum North Africa 1st Utica 2nd Utica Great Plains Cirta Zama

Second Punic War

Prelude

Italy

Iberia

Sicily and Sardinia

North Africa

v t e Punic Wars
First Mercenary Second Third

The Battle of Grumentum was fought in 207 BC between Romans led by Gaius Claudius Nero, and a part of Hannibal's Carthaginian army. The battle was a minor Roman victory, killing 8,000 Carthaginians while only suffering 500 losses. Just north of the battlefield the next day, an irregular battle occurred where another 2,000 Carthaginians were killed. Afterwards, Nero marched north, where he defeated and killed Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal at Metaurus. The battle is described by Livy at 27.41-42.

References

Livy's History of Rome, Book 27 at Project Gutenberg

v t e Battles of the Punic Wars
First Punic War	Treaties Messana Agrigentum Lipari Islands Mylae Thermae Sulci Tyndaris Cape Ecnomus Aspis Adys Bagradas (Tunis) Cape Hermaeum Panormus Drepana Lilybaeum Drepana (siege) Mount Ercte 1st Mt. Eryx 2nd Mt. Eryx Aegates Treaty of Lutatius
Mercenary War	Utica Bagradas Hamilcar's victory with Naravas Carthage The Saw Tunis Leptis Parva
Second Punic War (Battles)	Saguntum Lilybaeum Malta Rhone Crossing of the Alps Cissa Ticinus Trebia Ebro River Lake Trasimene Ager Falernus Geronium Cannae Silva Litana 1st Nola Ibera 2nd Nola Decimomannu 3rd Nola 1st Beneventum Syracuse Heat ray and Claw of Archimedes Sambuca 1st Tarentum 2nd Beneventum 1st Capua Silarus 1st Herdonia Upper Baetis 2nd Capua 2nd Herdonia Numistro Canusium 2nd Tarentum New Carthage Baecula Petelia Grumentum Metaurus Ilipa Sucro Carteia (land) Carteia (naval) Crotona 1st Utica 2nd Utica Great Plains (Bagradas) Cirta Insubria Zama
Third Punic War	Lake Tunis 1st Nepheris Port of Carthage 2nd Nepheris Carthage
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