Battle of Victumulae

Battle of Victumulae
Part of the Second Punic War
DateJanuary 217 BC
Location
Ventimiglia, Italy
Result Carthaginian victory
Belligerents
Cenomani (Cisalpine Gaul) Carthage
Commanders and leaders
Scipio Africanus Hannibal
Strength
30,000 Unknown

The Battle of Victumulae, fought in January of 217 BC during the Second Punic War, represented a clash of secondary importance, engaged between the army of consul Tiberius Sempronius Longus and the Carthage army of Hannibal, after the victories of the latter reported in Battle of Ticinus[1] and at the Battle of Trebbia (end of 218 BC).[2]

  1. ^

    Livio

    — XXI, 45-46
    ;

    Eutropio

    — III, 9
    ;

    Polibio

    — III, 65
    .
  2. ^

    Livio

    — XXI, 54-56
    ;

    Polibio

    — III, 71-74
    ;

    Mommsen 2001

    — vol. I, tomo 2, p. 732