Battle of Nola (215 BC)
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| Second Battle of Nola | |||||||
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| Part of the Second Punic War | |||||||
.jpg) Plan of the second battle of Nola (215 BC) | |||||||
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Hannibal Hanno | Marcus Claudius Marcellus | ||||||
The Second Battle of Nola was fought in 215 BC between Hannibal's army and a Roman force under Marcus Claudius Marcellus.[1][2] It was Hannibal's second attempt to seize Nola after a failure the year before. He was again repelled and would make one more, also unsuccessful attempt the next year. For the Romans, it was a crucial success against Hannibal's army and gave them hope that they could win the war.
Aftermath
[edit]Hans Delbrück in 1920 described the three battles of Nola as Marcellus' alleged victories and very insignificant engagements.[3]
See also
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Livy: The Fragments and Periochae Volume II: Periochae 1-45. Oxford University Press. 2023-09-27. pp. 480–490. ISBN 978-0-19-269908-4.
- ^ Fronda, Michael P. (2007). "Hegemony and Rivalry: The Revolt of Capua Revisited". Phoenix. 61 (1/2): 83–108. ISSN 0031-8299. JSTOR 20304639.
- ^ Delbrück 1990, p. 351.
Sources
[edit]- Delbrück, Hans (1990) [1920]. History of the Art of War Volume I: Warfare in Antiquity [Geschichte der kriegskunst im Rahmen der politischen Geschichte]. Translated by Renfroe Jr., Walter J. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press/ Bison Book. ISBN 978-0-8032-9199-7.
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