Battle fought in 214 BCE near modern Benevento during the Second Punic War, in which Roman legions under Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus defeated Hanno's Carthaginian forces, denying Hannibal reinforcements. It took place in 214 BCE in what is now Italy. The setting was Benevento. It was part of the Second Punic War.
Before and after
- from 221 BCE to 206 BCEQin dynasty
- from May 219 BCE to December 219 BCESiege of Saguntum
- from 218 BCE to 201 BCESecond Punic War
- 217 BCEHannibal destroys the Roman army at Cannae
- 214 BCEBattle of Beneventum
- from 214 BCE to 212 BCESiege of Syracuse
- from 214 BCE to 205 BCEFirst Macedonian War
- from 214 BCE to 148 BCEMacedonian Wars
- 212 BCEDeath of Archimedes
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The era
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