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Classical era · 217 BCE

Battle of Ager Falernus

The Battle of Ager Falernus was a skirmish during the Second Punic War between the armies of Rome and Carthage. After winning the Battle of Lake Trasimene in Italy in 217 BC, the army commanded by Hannibal marched south and reached Campania. The Carthaginians ultimately moved into the district of Falernum, a fertile river valley surrounded by mountains.

Battle of Ager Falernus
Battle of Ager Falernus · Map: OpenStreetMap contributors SVG-File: Ssolbergj JPG-File:Husar de la Princesa derivative work: MagentaGreen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
When
217 BCE
Where
Campania
Era
Classical

Topics

Italy753 BCE – today

Before and after

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