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Battle of Ilipa

Index Battle of Ilipa

The Battle of Ilipa was an engagement considered by many as Scipio Africanus’s most brilliant victory in his military career during the Second Punic War in 206 BC. [1]

45 relations: Adrian Goldsworthy, Africa, Ancient Carthage, Andalusia, B. H. Liddell Hart, Balearic Islands, Battle of Baecula, Battle of Cannae, Carthage, Cádiz, Celtiberians, Consul, Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus, Hannibal, Hanno the Elder, Hasdrubal Barca, Hasdrubal Gisco, Ian Scott-Kilvert, Iberian Peninsula, Ilipa, Italy, Liguria, Livy, Mago Barca, Maniple (military unit), Marcus Silanus (general 207 BC), Masinissa, Military tactics, Nigel Bagnall, Numidia, Polybius, Proconsul, Publius Cornelius Scipio, Roman Republic, Rome, Santiago Posteguillo, Scipio Africanus, Second Punic War, Serge Lancel, Seville, Sicily, Spain, Syphax, Velites, War elephant.

Adrian Goldsworthy

Adrian Keith Goldsworthy (born 1969) is a British historian and author who specialises in ancient Roman history.

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Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).

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Ancient Carthage

Carthage (from Carthago; Punic:, Qart-ḥadašt, "New City") was the Phoenician state, including, during the 7th–3rd centuries BC, its wider sphere of influence, known as the Carthaginian Empire.

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Andalusia

Andalusia (Andalucía) is an autonomous community in southern Spain.

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B. H. Liddell Hart

Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart (31 October 1895 – 29 January 1970), commonly known throughout most of his career as Captain B. H. Liddell Hart, was a British soldier, military historian and military theorist.

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Balearic Islands

The Balearic Islands (Illes Balears,; Islas Baleares) are an archipelago of Spain in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Battle of Baecula

The Battle of Baecula was Scipio Africanus’ first major field battle after he had taken command of Roman interests in Iberia during the Second Punic War, in which he routed the Carthaginian army under the command of Hasdrubal Barca.

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Battle of Cannae

The Battle of Cannae was a major battle of the Second Punic War that took place on 2 August 216 BC in Apulia, in southeast Italy.

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Carthage

Carthage (from Carthago; Punic:, Qart-ḥadašt, "New City") was the center or capital city of the ancient Carthaginian civilization, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now the Tunis Governorate in Tunisia.

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Cádiz

Cádiz (see other pronunciations below) is a city and port in southwestern Spain.

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Celtiberians

The Celtiberians were a group of Celts or Celticized peoples inhabiting the central-eastern Iberian Peninsula during the final centuries BC.

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Consul

Consul (abbrev. cos.; Latin plural consules) was the title of one of the chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently a somewhat significant title under the Roman Empire.

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Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus

Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus (died 211 BC) was a Roman general and statesman.

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Hannibal

Hannibal Barca (𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤁𐤓𐤒 ḥnb‘l brq; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Carthaginian general, considered one of the greatest military commanders in history.

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Hanno the Elder

Hanno was the name of several Carthaginian generals.

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Hasdrubal Barca

Hasdrubal Barca (245–207 BC) was Hamilcar Barca's second son and a Carthaginian general in the Second Punic War.

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Hasdrubal Gisco

Hasdrubal Gisco or Hasdrubal son of Gisco (died 202 BC) was a Carthaginian general who fought against Rome in Iberia (Hispania) and North Africa during the Second Punic War.

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Ian Scott-Kilvert

Ian Stanley Scott-Kilvert OBE (26 May 1917 – 8 October 1989) was a British editor and translator.

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Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula, also known as Iberia, is located in the southwest corner of Europe.

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Ilipa

Ilipa is an ancient Spanish town near Seville.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Liguria

Liguria (Ligûria, Ligurie) is a coastal region of north-western Italy; its capital is Genoa.

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Livy

Titus Livius Patavinus (64 or 59 BCAD 12 or 17) – often rendered as Titus Livy, or simply Livy, in English language sources – was a Roman historian.

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Mago Barca

Mago, son of Hamilcar Barca, also spelled Magon, Phoenician MGN, "God sent" (243–203 BC), was a member of the Barcid family, and played an important role in the Second Punic War, leading forces of Carthage against the Roman Republic in Hispania, Gallia Cisalpina and Italy.

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Maniple (military unit)

Maniple (Latin: manipulus, literally meaning "a handful") was a tactical unit of the Roman legion adopted from the Samnites during the Samnite Wars (343–290 BC).

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Marcus Silanus (general 207 BC)

Marcus Silanus was a military field commander of the Roman Republic who served in Scipio Africanus's Iberian campaign against Hannibal's Carthaginians and Celtiberians during the Second Punic War (210–206 BC).

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Masinissa

Masinissa, or Masensen, (Berber: Masensen, ⵎⵙⵏⵙⵏ; c.238 BC – 148 BC)—also spelled Massinissa and Massena—was the first King of Numidia.

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Military tactics

Military tactics encompasses the art of organising and employing fighting forces on or near the battlefield.

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Nigel Bagnall

Field Marshal Sir Nigel Thomas Bagnall, (10 February 1927 – 8 April 2002) was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army from 1985 to 1988.

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Numidia

Numidia (202 BC – 40 BC, Berber: Inumiden) was an ancient Berber kingdom of the Numidians, located in what is now Algeria and a smaller part of Tunisia and Libya in the Berber world, in North Africa.

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Polybius

Polybius (Πολύβιος, Polýbios; – BC) was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic period noted for his work which covered the period of 264–146 BC in detail.

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Proconsul

A proconsul was an official of ancient Rome who acted on behalf of a consul.

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Publius Cornelius Scipio

Publius Cornelius Scipio (died 211 BC) was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic.

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Roman Republic

The Roman Republic (Res publica Romana) was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom, traditionally dated to 509 BC, and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire.

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Rome

Rome (Roma; Roma) is the capital city of Italy and a special comune (named Comune di Roma Capitale).

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Santiago Posteguillo

Santiago Posteguillo Gómez is a Spanish philologist, linguist and author, born in Valencia in 1967.

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Scipio Africanus

Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (236–183 BC), also known as Scipio the African, Scipio Africanus-Major, Scipio Africanus the Elder and Scipio the Great, was a Roman general and later consul who is often regarded as one of the greatest generals and military strategists of all time.

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Second Punic War

The Second Punic War (218 to 201 BC), also referred to as The Hannibalic War and by the Romans the War Against Hannibal, was the second major war between Carthage and the Roman Republic and its allied Italic socii, with the participation of Greek polities and Numidian and Iberian forces on both sides.

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Serge Lancel

Serge Lancel (5 September 1928 – 9 October 2005) was a French archaeologist, historian and philologist.

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Seville

Seville (Sevilla) is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville, Spain.

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Sicily

Sicily (Sicilia; Sicìlia) is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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Syphax

Syphax was a king of the ancient Numidian tribe Masaesyli of western Numidia during the last quarter of the 3rd century BC.

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Velites

Velites (singular) were a class of infantry in the Roman army of the mid-Republic from 211 to 107 BC.

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War elephant

A war elephant is an elephant that is trained and guided by humans for combat.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ilipa

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