Battle of Baecula

Battle of Baecula
Part of the Second Punic War

Roman conquest of Carthaginian Spain, 210–206 BC
DateSpring 208 BC
Location
Baecula (Santo Tomé, Jaén), present-day Spain[1]
38°00′25″N 3°07′08″W / 38.007°N 3.119°W / 38.007; -3.119
Result Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Republic Carthage
Commanders and leaders
Scipio Africanus Hasdrubal Barca
Strength

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.

  1. ^ Atwood, Roger (2014), "An Epic Conflict", Archaeology, no. January/February, Archaeological Institute of America, p. 32
  2. ^ Hoyos 2015, p. 178.