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Battle of Beneventum (212 BC)

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Battle of Beneventum
Part of the Second Punic War
Date212 BC
Location
Beneventum; modern Benevento
Result Roman victory
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

Battle of Beneventum was fought between Carthage and Roman republic in 212 BC in which Hanno the Elder was defeated by Quintus Fulvius Flaccus. Livy gives a short account of this battle at 25.13-14.[1]

References

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