Battle of Beneventum (212 BC)
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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 |
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]
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