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Battle of Herdonia (210 BC)
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The second battle of Herdonia took place in 210 BC during the Second Punic War. Hannibal, leader of the Carthaginians, who had invaded Italy eight years earlier, encircled and destroyed a Roman army which was operating against his allies in Apulia. The heavy defeat increased the war's burden on Rome and, piled on previous military disasters (such as Lake Trasimene, Cannae, and others), aggravated the relations with her exhausted Italian allies. For Hannibal the battle was a tactical success, but did not halt for long the Roman advance. Within the next three years the Romans reconquered most of the territories and cities lost at the beginning of the war and pushed the Carthaginian general to the southwestern end of the Apennine peninsula. The battle was the last Carthaginian victory of the war; all battles which followed were either inconclusive or Roman victories.
Second Battle of Herdonia | |||||||
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Part of the Second Punic War | |||||||
![]() Strategic situation in 210 BC | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Carthage | Roman Republic | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Hannibal | Gnaeus Fulvius Centumalus † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
More than the Romans | Two Roman legions and allies | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Minimal |
7,000–13,000 killed 4,344 survivors |