Battle of the Trebia facts for kids

The Battle of the Trebia (or Trebbia) was the first major battle of the Second Punic War, fought between the Carthaginian forces of Hannibal and the Roman Republic in December of 218 BC, on or around the winter solstice.

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The Carthaginian forces of Hannibal defeated the Roman army under Tiberius Sempronius Longus on the banks of the Trebbia River.

A mere 4,000-5,000 Carthaginian soldiers fell during the conflict, a major difference from the Roman's 26-32,000 causalities for the Romans.

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  Polybius
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  Cisalpine Gaul in 218 BC, depicting the Gallic revolt and the Carthaginian invasion
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  A Carthaginian cavalryman of Hannibal's army, as depicted in 1891
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  Hannibal
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  Detail from the Ahenobarbus relief showing two Roman foot-soldiers from the second century BC
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  Roman statuette of a war elephant recovered from Herculaneum
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  Iberian warrior from bas-relief c. 200 BC. The warrior is armed with a falcata and an oval shield. National Archaeological Museum of Spain, Madrid

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In Spanish: Batalla del Trebia para niños