Battle of Bagradas River (255 BCE)

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battle military engagement

The Battle of the Bagradas River (255 BCE) was a major Carthaginian victory under the Spartan mercenary general Xanthippus that decisively crushed a Roman invasion force in North Africa during the First Punic War.

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Battle of the Bagradas River (255 BCE) 0
Battle of the Bagradas River (c. 240 BC) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
commandedBy Xanthippus NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictIn First Punic War NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAftermath Carthage preserved independence in First Punic War ⓘ
Roman focus shifted back to naval operations ⓘ
end of Roman land campaign in Africa during this phase of the war ⓘ
hasBelligerent Carthage NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCarthaginianCommander Xanthippus NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCarthaginianForceComponent cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
war elephants ⓘ
hasCarthaginianForceType mercenary army ⓘ
hasCommander Marcus Atilius Regulus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Xanthippus NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDate 255 BCE ⓘ
hasHistoricalSource Diodorus Siculus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polybius NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLocation North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
near Bagradas River ⓘ
near Carthage ⓘ
hasOutcome Carthaginian victory ⓘ
hasParticipant Carthaginian army NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman army NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRegion modern Tunisia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasResult Carthaginian strategic recovery in Africa ⓘ
Marcus Atilius Regulus captured ⓘ
Roman army annihilated ⓘ
Roman invasion force destroyed ⓘ
hasRomanCommander Marcus Atilius Regulus NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRomanForceComponent allied infantry ⓘ
legionary infantry ⓘ
limited cavalry ⓘ
hasSignificance demonstrated effectiveness of Hellenistic-style tactics against Roman legions ⓘ
major Carthaginian land victory in First Punic War ⓘ
one of the worst Roman defeats of the First Punic War ⓘ
hasStrategicContext Roman attempt to force Carthaginian surrender ⓘ
Roman invasion of Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTacticalFeature Carthaginian cavalry superiority ⓘ
Roman infantry encirclement ⓘ
effective use of war elephants by Carthage ⓘ
hasYear 255 BCE ⓘ
modernRiverName Medjerda River NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Bagradas River NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposingCommander Marcus Atilius Regulus NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf First Punic War NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

First Punic War → notableBattle → Battle of Bagradas River (255 BCE) ⓘ
Mercenary War → notableEvent → Battle of Bagradas River (255 BCE) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of the Bagradas River (c. 240 BC)