Battle of Placentia (217 BC)

Battle of Placentia
	Part of the Second Punic War
	; Territories of Cisalpine Gaul, where the clashes took place near Placentia (top left)
Date	217 BC
Location	Piacenza, Italy
Result	Inconclusive
Belligerents
Roman Republic	Carthage
Commanders and leaders
Tiberius	Hannibal
Strength
Unknown, a few thousand	12,000 infantry; 5,000 cavalry
Casualties and losses
600 infantry; 300 cavalry	600 infantry; 300 cavalry

The Battle of Placentia which took place in January of 217 BC during the Second Punic War, represented a double clash of secondary importance, engaged between the army of the consul Tiberius Sempronius Longus and the Carthagese army of Hannibal, after the latter's victories at the Ticinus and at the Trebbia (end of 218 BC).

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.