Regional238 BCE

Battle of Leptis

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Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Leptis (238 BCE), part of the Truceless War. Carthage defeated Carthaginian Mercenary Rebels. Battle followed by a massacre.

Belligerents2

Carthage
Carthaginian Mercenary Rebels

ON THE MAPCarthaginian Empire

Conflict graph

PART OFMercenary War

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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