Regional200 BCE

Battle of Placentia

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Italy

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Placentia (200 BCE), part of the Gallic Wars in Italy. Carthage defeated Boii, Insubres, Cenomani, Rome. Battle followed by a massacre.

Belligerents5

Carthage
Boii
Insubres
Cenomani
Rome

ON THE MAPCarthaginian EmpireRoman Republic

Conflict graph

PART OFRoman–Gallic wars

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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