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Battle of Baecula

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Time: 208 BC

Place: Santo Tomé, Jaén, Spain

Details: 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.

‹ Earlier in historyModu Chanyu established the Xiongnu Empire209 BCLater in history ›Quinctius Crispinus were ambushed and killed near Venusia208 BC

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