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commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Hasdrubal Barca

Battles of Hasdrubal Barca

Carthaginian general, 245 BC to 207 BC

Hasdrubal Barca is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 218 BC and 207 BC: 4 battles and 1 campaign across 2 present-day countries, most in Spain (3), Italy (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,305 km apart end to end, 826 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Punic War (5).

Hannibal's crossing of the AlpsBattle of DertosaBattle of the Upper BaetisBattle of BaeculaBattle of the MetaurusHannibal's crossing of the AlpsBattle of DertosaBattle of the Upper BaetisBattle of BaeculaBattle of the MetaurusMadridGenevaBarcelonaAlgiersNaplesTunisLyonSevillePalermoValencia500 km41.232N, 3.332E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

218 BC: 1 engagements1 in 218 BC215 BC: 1 engagements1 in 215 BC211 BC: 1 engagements1 in 211 BC208 BC: 1 engagements1 in 208 BC207 BC: 1 engagements1 in 207 BC218 BC207 BC
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Hannibal's crossing of the Alps, 218 BCBattle of Dertosa, 215 BCBattle of the Upper Baetis, 211 BCBattle of Baecula, 208 BCBattle of the Metaurus, 207 BC218 BC207 BC
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
218 BCHannibal's crossing of the AlpsAlps, ItalyHannibal arrives in Italy and establishes a base of...
215 BCBattle of DertosaHibera, Spain748 km SWRoman victory
211 BCBattle of the Upper BaetisGuadalquivir, Spain744 km SWCarthaginian victory
208 BCBattle of BaeculaSanto Tomé, Spain318 km NERoman victory
207 BCBattle of the MetaurusMetauro, Italy1,495 km NERoman victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, The Ogre at en.wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.