Battle of Grumentum

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 engagement that Roman sources inflated as a major success. According to Livy, the Romans killed 8,000 Carthaginians and took 700 prisoners for the cost of 500 dead Romans. The Carthaginian loss figures for dead and prisoners appear suspiciously out of proportion to each other. Just north of the battlefield the next day, an irregular clash occurred where allegedly 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.

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-70 Battle of Cantenna

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1501 — 1504 Second War of Naples

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Plan of the battle of Grumentum

Plan of the battle of Grumentum

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	70	Battle of Cantenna	battle, Marcus Licinius Crassus, Ganicus	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	206	Battle of Grumentum	battle	Wikidata
event	war	1501	Second War of Naples	war	Wikidata
commons	image		Plan of the battle of Grumentum		Commons
commons	image		Plan of the battle of Grumentum		Commons