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Battle of Baecula

Battle of Baecula was a battle fought in 208 BC at Santo Tomé, in what is now Spain. It was part of Second Punic War, which ran from 218 BC to 201 BC. The recorded result: Roman victory. Recorded strength: 40,000; ----30,000 Romans and Italians; 10,000 Iberian against 30,000.

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Plan of the battle of Baecula
Plan of the battle of Baecula. Theodore Ayrault Dodge, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date208 BC (year precision)
PlaceSanto Tomé, Spain
38.017N, 3.100W
Part ofSecond Punic War (218 BC to 201 BC)
KindBattle, ancient
ResultRoman victory
BelligerentsRoman RepublicCarthage
CommandersScipio AfricanusHasdrubal Barca
Strength40,000; ----30,000 Romans and Italians; 10,000 Iberian30,000
Casualties and lossesUnknown20,000; ----8,000 killed (Livy); 12,000 captured (Polybius)
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Conquista romana della Spagna da parte di Scipione Africano (210-206 a.C.)
Conquista romana della Spagna da parte di Scipione Africano (210-206 a.C.). Iberia 237-206BC.svg: Alcides Pinto File:Iberia 237-206BC-fr.svg: Cj73 derivative work: Cristiano64 (talk), GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Battle of Baecula is one of 127 engagements of the 3rd century BC in the atlas and one of 813 in present-day Spain.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q728550, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Baecula, revision 1370432912, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.