Battle of Capua

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The Battle of Capua was a major engagement of the Second Punic War in 211 BC, in which Hannibal attempted to relieve the besieged city of Capua from Roman forces in southern Italy.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Capua canonical 1
Fall of Capua 1
Roman siege of Capua 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
associatedCity Capua ⓘ
associatedPower Carthaginian-allied Capua ⓘ
belligerent Carthage ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
campaignObjective Recovery of Capua for the Roman Republic ⓘ
cause Roman siege of Capua ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Capua
chronology Occurred after the Battle of Cannae ⓘ
Occurred after the Battle of Lake Trasimene ⓘ
Occurred before the Battle of the Metaurus ⓘ
combatantRole Carthaginians as relieving force ⓘ
Romans as besiegers ⓘ
commander Appius Claudius Pulcher ⓘ
Hannibal ⓘ
Quintus Fulvius Flaccus ⓘ
conflict Second Punic War ⓘ
date 211 BC ⓘ
era Classical antiquity ⓘ
followedBy Fall of Capua ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Capua

Punishment of Capua by Rome ⓘ
HannibalStrategy Attempt to break Roman siege by field battle ⓘ
hasEffect Consolidation of Roman control in Campania ⓘ
Strategic setback for Hannibal in Italy ⓘ
historicalPeriod 3rd century BC ⓘ
historicalSource Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita (Books on Second Punic War) ⓘ
location Campania ⓘ
Capua ⓘ
southern Italy ⓘ
militaryTheater Italian Peninsula ⓘ
notableFor Hannibal’s attempt to force Romans to lift the siege by direct engagement ⓘ
Roman persistence in maintaining the siege despite Hannibal’s presence ⓘ
objective Maintenance of siege by Roman forces ⓘ
Relief of besieged Capua by Hannibal ⓘ
opponentCommander Appius Claudius Pulcher ⓘ
Hannibal ⓘ
Quintus Fulvius Flaccus ⓘ
outcome Carthaginian failure to relieve Capua ⓘ
partOf Italian campaign of the Second Punic War ⓘ
linked to: Second Punic War
relatedConflict Battle of Cannae ⓘ
Battle of the Metaurus ⓘ
Siege of Syracuse (Second Punic War) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Syracuse
result Roman victory ⓘ
RomanStrategy Refusal to be drawn away from siege works ⓘ
siegeRelatedTo Siege of Capua (Second Punic War) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Capua
strategicSignificance Key step in Rome’s reconquest of defected Italian allies ⓘ
yearInRomanCalendar 543 AUC (approximate) ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sieges of the Second Punic War → notableSiege → Siege of Capua ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Capua
Battle of Capua → cause → Roman siege of Capua ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Capua
Battle of Capua → followedBy → Fall of Capua ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Capua
Battle of Capua → siegeRelatedTo → Siege of Capua (Second Punic War) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Capua