Battle of the Ticinus

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battle military engagement

The Battle of the Ticinus was an early cavalry engagement of the Second Punic War in 218 BC, where Hannibal defeated Roman forces shortly after crossing the Alps into Italy.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of Ticinus	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
belligerent	Carthage ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
campaign	Hannibal’s advance into the Po Valley ⓘ
cause	Roman attempt to block Hannibal after his entry into Italy ⓘ
combatType	cavalry engagement ⓘ
commander	Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus ⓘ Hannibal (Carthaginian general) ⓘ surface form: Hannibal Barca Scipio Africanus ⓘ surface form: Publius Cornelius Scipio
conflict	Second Punic War ⓘ
date	218 BC ⓘ
era	Roman Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Rome
followedBy	Battle of Trebia ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Trebia
forceComposition	mainly cavalry with some light infantry support ⓘ
historicalPeriod	3rd century BC ⓘ
location	Cisalpine Gaul ⓘ near the Ticinus River ⓘ northern Italy ⓘ
modernRiverName	Ticino NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus reputedly saved his father’s life ⓘ
notableFeature	one of the first clashes between Hannibal and Roman forces in Italy ⓘ
notableParticipant	Hannibal (Carthaginian general) ⓘ surface form: Hannibal Barca Scipio Africanus ⓘ surface form: Publius Cornelius Scipio Scipio Africanus ⓘ surface form: Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
opponentCommander	Hannibal (Carthaginian general) ⓘ surface form: Hannibal Barca Scipio Africanus ⓘ surface form: Publius Cornelius Scipio
partOf	Hannibal's crossing of the Alps ⓘ surface form: Hannibal’s Italian campaign
precededBy	Hannibal's crossing of the Alps ⓘ surface form: Hannibal’s crossing of the Alps
primaryForces	Carthaginian army ⓘ surface form: Carthaginian cavalry Numidian light cavalry ⓘ Roman cavalry ⓘ
relatedConflict	Battle of Cannae ⓘ Battle of Lake Trasimene ⓘ Battle of Trebia ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Trebia
result	Carthaginian victory ⓘ
river	Ticino River ⓘ surface form: Ticinus River
sideLost	Roman Republic ⓘ
sideWon	Carthage ⓘ
strategicEffect	encouraged Gallic tribes to support Hannibal ⓘ secured Carthaginian control over much of Cisalpine Gaul ⓘ
tacticalOutcome	Roman cavalry driven from the field ⓘ Roman forces forced to withdraw across the Po River ⓘ
theater	Italian Peninsula ⓘ
year	218 BC ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Mago Barca → battle → Battle of the Ticinus ⓘ

Hannibal (Carthaginian general) → notableBattle → Battle of the Ticinus ⓘ

subject surface form: Hannibal

Second Punic War → notableEvent → Battle of the Ticinus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Ticinus

Battle of Trebia → precededBy → Battle of the Ticinus ⓘ