The Battle of Ager Falernus (or the Battle of the Falernian Territory) was a skirmish during the Second Punic War between the armies of Rome and Carthage. After winning the Battle of Lake Trasimene in Italy in 217 BC, the army commanded by Hannibal Barca marched south and reached Campania. The Carthaginians ultimately moved into the district of Falernum, a very fertile river valley surrounded by mountains.

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  • -0217
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  • Carthaginian victory
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  • 4,000 infantry, plus reserves
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  • The Battle of Ager Falernus (or the Battle of the Falernian Territory) was a skirmish during the Second Punic War between the armies of Rome and Carthage. After winning the Battle of Lake Trasimene in Italy in 217 BC, the army commanded by Hannibal Barca marched south and reached Campania. The Carthaginians ultimately moved into the district of Falernum, a very fertile river valley surrounded by mountains. Quintus Fabius Maximus, who had been elected dictator and commander of the Roman field forces after the disastrous defeat at Trasimene, had dogged Hannibal and stuck to a strategy to fight only under favourable conditions. He now occupied all the river crossings and mountain passes leading out of the valley, thus blocking the Carthaginians inside. After stripping the area of grain, cattle and other supplies, Hannibal displayed brilliant tactics to provoke the Roman guard to leave one of the passes. Despite the protests of his staff officers Fabius, who was camped near the pass with his main forces, refused to attack the Carthaginian army and it escaped the trap unscathed.
  • La Batalla del Ager Falernus fue una batalla que tuvo lugar durante la Segunda Guerra Púnica entre Cartago y la República Romana. Tras su victoria en el lago Trasimeno, el ejército de Aníbal marchó hacia el sur y llegó hasta Campania. Los cartagineses se trasladaron hasta el Ager Falernus, un fértil valle de río rodeado de montañas. Quinto Fabio Máximo, que había sido elegido dictador y comandante de las fuerzas romanas tras la desastrosa derrota anterior, esquivó a Aníbal y siguió la estrategia de luchar sólo bajo condiciones favorables (lo que se denominaría estrategia fabiana). Ocupó todos los vados del río y los pasos de montaña, encerrando a los cartagineses en el interior. Por su parte, y después de haber agotado todo el grano, ganado y suministros del territorio, Aníbal demostró unas brillantes tácticas militares para provocar a los romanos para que dejasen libre uno de los pasos de montaña. A pesar de las protestas de sus oficiales, Fabio, que estaba cerca de uno de los pasos con sus fuerzas principales, se opuso a atacar al ejército cartaginés de frente y prefirió esperar a desgastarlos dentro del valle sin comida ni agua. Sin embargo, el ejército cartaginés logró escapar sin daños.
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  • Light
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  • Battle of Ager Falernus
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  • Summer 217 BC
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  • Mount Callicula, Campania, present-day Italy
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  • Carthaginian victory
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  • 2,000 infantry, 2,000 Oxen, 2,000 Camp Followers
  • 4,000 infantry, plus reserves
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  • The Battle of Ager Falernus (or the Battle of the Falernian Territory) was a skirmish during the Second Punic War between the armies of Rome and Carthage. After winning the Battle of Lake Trasimene in Italy in 217 BC, the army commanded by Hannibal Barca marched south and reached Campania. The Carthaginians ultimately moved into the district of Falernum, a very fertile river valley surrounded by mountains.
  • La Batalla del Ager Falernus fue una batalla que tuvo lugar durante la Segunda Guerra Púnica entre Cartago y la República Romana. Tras su victoria en el lago Trasimeno, el ejército de Aníbal marchó hacia el sur y llegó hasta Campania. Los cartagineses se trasladaron hasta el Ager Falernus, un fértil valle de río rodeado de montañas.
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