Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Gaius Claudius Nero

Battles of Gaius Claudius Nero

Roman general active during the Second Punic War, 242 BC to 261 BC

Gaius Claudius Nero is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 214 BC and 207 BC: 4 battles, all in present-day Italy. Taken in date order, the sites lie 802 km apart end to end, 267 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Punic War (4).

Battle of NolaBattle of CapuaBattle of the MetaurusBattle of GrumentumBattle of NolaBattle of CapuaBattle of the MetaurusBattle of GrumentumNaplesSarajevoFlorenceSalernoBariPescaraSplitPisaTarantoMostar200 km42.033N, 14.452E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

214 BC: 1 engagements211 BC: 1 engagements207 BC: 2 engagements2 in 207 BC214 BC207 BC
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Nola, 214 BCBattle of Capua, 211 BCBattle of the Metaurus, 207 BCBattle of Grumentum, 207 BC214 BC207 BC
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
214 BCBattle of NolaNola, ItalySee Aftermath section
211 BCBattle of CapuaCapua, Italy29 km NWRoman victory; Fall of Capua
207 BCBattle of the MetaurusMetauro, Italy317 km NRoman victory
207 BCBattle of GrumentumGrumentum, Italy456 km SERoman victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Hugh Jass, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.