Battle of Decimomannu

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Battle of Decimomannu
Part of the Second Punic War
Map of the campaign
Date Fall 215 BC Location Decimomannu, Sardinia 40°05′36″N 8°30′29″E / 40.09333°N 8.50806°E / 40.09333; 8.50806 Result Roman victory Sack of Cornus
Belligerents
Roman Republic	Carthage Nuragic Sardinians
Commanders and leaders
Titus Manlius Torquatus	Hasdrubal the Bald (POW) Hampsicora †
Strength
22,000 infantry 1,200 cavalry	15,000 infantry 1,500 cavalry + Sardinians (?) + Elephants (?)
Casualties and losses
unknown	13,500 casualties; 12,000 killed and 1,500 captured.[1]

The Battle of Decimomannu^[2] or Battle of Caralis was fought 215 BC on the island of Sardinia when a Carthaginian army sailed to the island to support a local revolt against Roman rule. The army, led by Hasdrubal the Bald, fought a similar size Roman army under the praetor Titus Manlius Torquatus in the Fall of 215 BC somewhere between Sestu and Decimomannu,^[2] just north of Caralis. The Romans destroyed the Carthaginian army and then scattered their fleet in a sea battle south of Sardinia.