Battle of Decimomannu

Battle of Decimomannu
	Part of the Second Punic War
	; Map of the campaign
Date	Fall 215 BC
Location	Decimomannu, Sardinia40°05′36″N 8°30′29″E / 40.09333°N 8.50806°E
Result	Roman victory; Sack of Cornus;
Belligerents
Roman Republic	Carthage; Nuragic Sardinians
Commanders and leaders
Titus Manlius Torquatus	Hasdrubal the Bald (POW); Hampsicora †
Strength
22,000 infantry; 1,200 cavalry	15,000 infantry; 1,500 cavalry + Sardinians (?) + Elephants (?)
Casualties and losses
unknown	13,500 casualties; 12,000 killed and 1,500 captured.

The Battle of Decimomannu^[2] or Caralis took place in Sardinia when a Carthaginian army sailed to the island to support a local revolt against Roman rule. The army, led by Hasdrubal the Bald, fought a similar size Roman army under the Praetor Titus Manlius Torquatus in the Fall of 215 BC somewhere between Sestu and Decimomannu,^[2] just north of Caralis. The Romans destroyed the Carthaginian army and then scattered their fleet in a sea battle south of Sardinia.

^ Beyer, Brian (2009). War with Hannibal (1st ed.). New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-300-13918-1.
^ ^a ^b Casula 1994, p. 104.

[War_with_Hannibal:_Authentic_Latin_Prose_for_the_Beginning_Student-1] Beyer, Brian (2009). War with Hannibal (1st ed.). New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-300-13918-1.

[FOOTNOTECasula1994104-2] Casula 1994, p. 104.

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