herdoneae

Updated: May 16, 2025

The struggle for the Acropolis of Tarentum also continued without decisive result. In Apulia Hannibal succeeded in defeating the proconsul Gnaeus Fulvius Centumalus at Herdoneae. In the following year the Romans took steps to regain possession of the second large city, which had passed over to Hannibal, the city of Tarentum.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book III : From the Union of Italy to the Subjugation of Carthage and the Greek States

The struggle for the Acropolis of Tarentum also continued without decisive result. In Apulia Hannibal succeeded in defeating the proconsul Gnaeus Fulvius Centumalus at Herdoneae. In the following year the Romans took steps to regain possession of the second large city, which had passed over to Hannibal, the city of Tarentum.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)