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Battle of the Upper Baetis

Battle of the Upper Baetis was a battle fought in 211 BC at Guadalquivir, in what is now Spain. It was part of Second Punic War, which ran from 218 BC to 201 BC. The recorded result: Carthaginian victory.

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Conquista romana della Spagna dal 218 al 211 a.C.. Comandanti in capo erano i due fratelli Scipioni, Publio e Gneo che morirono entrambi verso il 212/211 a.C.
Conquista romana della Spagna dal 218 al 211 a.C.. Comandanti in capo erano i due fratelli Scipioni, Publio e Gneo che morirono entrambi verso il 212/211 a.C.. Iberia 237-206BC.svg: Alcides Pinto File:Iberia 237-206BC-fr.svg: Cj73 derivative work: Cristiano64 (talk), GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought211 BC
WhereGuadalquivir, Spain36.783N, 6.350W
OutcomeCarthaginian victory
BelligerentsCarthageagainstRoman Republic
Casualties and lossesUnknownand21,000–22,000 killed or captured
Part ofSecond Punic War218 BC to 201 BC

Where it sits in Second Punic War

Battle of Cissa, 218 BCBattle of Lilybaeum, 218 BCCapture of Malta, 218 BCSiege of Mutina, 218 BCHannibal's crossing of the Alps, 218 BCBattle of Rhone Crossing, 218 BCBattle of Ticinus, 218 BCBattle of the Trebia, 218 BCBattle of Ebro River, 217 BCBattle of Geronium, 217 BCBattle of Ager Falernus, 217 BCHannibal's crossing of the Apennines, 217 BCBattle of Plaisance, 217 BCBattle of Lake Trasimene, 217 BCBattle of Nola, 216 BCBattle of Silva Litana, 216 BCSiege of Petelia, 216 BCSiege of Acerra, 216 BCBattle of Cannae, 216 BCBattle of Dertosa, 215 BCBattle of Cornus, 215 BCBattle of Cumae, 215 BCBattle of Nola, 215 BCSiege of Syracuse, 214 BCBattle of Nola, 214 BCBattle of Beneventum, 214 BCBattle of Munda, 214 BCSiege of Arpi, 213 BCBattle of the Silarus, 212 BCBattle of Herdonia, 212 BCBattle of Capua, 212 BCBattle of Beneventum, 212 BCFirst Battle of Tarentum, 212 BCSecond Battle of Beneventum, 212 BCSiege of Capua, 212 BCBattle of Tarentum, 212 BCBattle of the Upper Baetis, 211 BCBattle of Capua, 211 BCHannibal's raid to Rome, 211 BCBattle of Herdonia, 210 BCBattle of Numistro, 210 BCBattle of Sapriportis, 210 BCBattle of Castulo, 210 BCBattle of New Carthage, 209 BCBattle of Canusium, 209 BCBattle of Tarentum, 209 BCSecond Battle of Tarentum, 209 BCSiege of Baria, 209 BCBattle of Baecula, 208 BCBattle of Petelia, 208 BCBattle of the Metaurus, 207 BCBattle of Grumentum, 207 BCBattle of Carmona, 207 BCBattle of Ilipa, 206 BCBattle of Carteia, 206 BCBattle of Carteia, 206 BCBattle of Cartagena, 206 BCBattle of Iliturgi, 206 BCBattle of Crotona, 204 BCSiege of Utica, 204 BCRoman invasion of Africa, 204 BCBattle of the Great Plains, 203 BCBattle of Utica, 203 BCPo Valley Raid, 203 BCBattle of Cirta, 203 BCBattle of Zama, 202 BC218 BC202 BCBattle of the Upper Baetis, 211 BC
67 placed engagements of Second Punic War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date211 BC (year precision)
PlaceGuadalquivir, Spain
36.783N, 6.350W
KindBattle, ancient
StrengthUnknown total; 12,000+ infantry; 1,500+ cavalry; 3,000 Numidian cavalry; 7,500 Iberians50,000; 30,000 Romans and allies; 20,000 Celtiberian mercenaries (deserted)
Casualties and lossesUnknown21,000–22,000 killed or captured
Commanders
Battle of the Upper BaetisBattle of the Upper BaetisBattle of CarteiaCapture of the Rosily SquadronBattle of JerezSiege of JerezBattle of CádizSiege of JerezSevilleCórdobaTangierGibraltarCeutaMálagaHuelvaFaro100 km36.783N, 6.350W
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of the Upper Baetis
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of the Upper Baetis today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-08-30. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 11 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from -2 to 70 m, 72 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 29% built-up, 26% grassland, 19% water.

built-up: 29%grassland: 26%water: 19%tree cover: 14%cropland: 8%bare ground: 4%built-up 29%grassland 26%water 19%tree cover 14%cropland 8%
west to east, 10.0 km0 to 53 mnorth to south, 10.0 km0 to 50 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

In the same war

Battle of the Upper Baetis is one of 193 engagements of the 3rd century BC in the atlas and one of 1,204 in present-day Spain.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1458235, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of the Upper Baetis, revision 1370602607, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.