Battles of Kroton

The Battles of Kroton in 204 and 203 BC were, as well as the raid in Cisalpine Gaul, the last larger scale engagements between the Romans and the Carthaginians in Italy during the Second Punic War. After Hannibal’s retreat to Bruttium due to the Metaurus debacle, the Romans continuously tried to block his forces from gaining access to the Ionian Sea and cut his eventual escape to Carthage by capturing Kroton, the last port which had remained in his hands after years of fighting.

Battles of Crotone
Part of the Second Punic War

Magna Graecia and Bruttium in the 3rd century BC
Date204 BC
Location
Crotone, Calabria, present-day Italy
39.0833°N 17.1167°E / 39.0833; 17.1167
Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
Carthage Roman Republic
Commanders and leaders
Hannibal Publius Sempronius Tuditanus
Publius Licinius Crassus
Strength
unknown four legions
Casualties and losses
1,200 killed
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