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Battle of Baecula
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| Battle of Baecula | |||||||
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| Part of the Second Punic War | |||||||
 Roman conquest of Carthaginian Spain, 210–206 BC | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Roman Republic | Carthage | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Scipio Africanus | Hasdrubal Barca | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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40,000 30,000 Romans and Italians 10,000 Iberian | 30,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown |
20,000[2] 8,000 killed (Livy) 12,000 captured (Polybius) | ||||||
The Battle of Baecula was a major field battle in Iberia during the Second Punic War. Roman Republican and Iberian auxiliary forces under the command of Scipio Africanus routed the Carthaginian army of Hasdrubal Barca.
- ^ Atwood, Roger (2014), "An Epic Conflict", Archaeology, no. January/February, Archaeological Institute of America, p. 32
- ^ Hoyos 2015, p. 178.
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