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Battle of the Bagradas River (255 BC)

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/September 5, 2020 by Wehwalt (talk) 19:46, 21 August 2020 (UTC)



The Battle of the Bagradas River was a victory by a Carthaginian army led by Xanthippus over a Roman army led by Marcus Atilius Regulus in early 255 BC, nine years into the First Punic War. The previous year Roman forces had advanced on the city of Carthage in North Africa and defeated the Carthaginian army at the Battle of Adys. In despair, the Carthaginians sued for peace, but the proposed terms were so harsh they decided to fight on. They gave charge of their army to the Spartan mercenary general Xanthippus, who led 12,000 infantry, 4,000 cavalry and 100 elephants against the Romans' 15,000 infantry and 500 cavalry. The Romans had no effective answer to the elephants, their outnumbered cavalry were chased from the field, and most of their infantry were surrounded and wiped out. The Romans subsequently evacuated Africa. The war ended in 241 BC with a Roman victory; the terms agreed were more generous than those proposed 14 years earlier.
 * Most recent similar article(s): There are military conflict articles in most months, but I could not find one from the ancient era (pre-500 CE) during the past year. Or for some time before.
 * Main editors: Gog the Mild
 * Promoted: 29 May 2020
 * Reasons for nomination:
 * Support as nominator. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:19, 2 August 2020 (UTC)