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| The Assault on Tarentum | |||||||||
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| Part of the Second Punic War | |||||||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Tarentum_assedio_213-212_BC.png) Hannibal's assault on Tarentum | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Carthage | Roman Republic | ||||||||
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Hannibal Philomenus Nico | Marcus Livius Macatus | ||||||||
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8,000 infantry 2,000 cavalry | 5,000 infantry | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Heavy | ||||||||
The Battle of Tarentum in March 212 BC was a military engagement in the Second Punic War.