Battle of Capua (211 BC)
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The Second Battle of Capua was a battle between the Romans and Carthaginians conquered by the latter in the previous city of Capua around 211 BC. Romans won Capua back.
Prehistory
Quintus Flaccus and Appius Claudius Pulcher besieged since 212 BC, passed through the first battle of Capua in the hands of the Carthaginians city of Capua. Hannibal himself was a large part of his army out of town. The Romans were the crew of Capua outnumber; Hannibal had too few troops to attack the camp surrounded by field fortifications of the Roman legions. He therefore planned a mock attack on Rome itself the background probably was the hope that the Senate would then call back the Roman army to defend the metropolis. The back marching army should then be attacked massively. In March of 211 BC, Hannibal took with a troop Numidian horsemen to Rome, but he found the city so strongly fortified ago that he desisted from his plan and retired to Capua. The Romans had now been made preparations for the attack and began to attack, as Hannibal's forces arrived. So it came to battle.
The Battle
Hannibal had little prospect of being able to overrun the Roman superiority in such a bad situation. As were the Roman camp between the stone wall and wooden buildings could not be used effectively the superior Carthaginian cavalry. The enclosed part of the Carthaginian forces fought back, although heavy, was the Roman siege equipment, such as battering rams, but do not last long enough. The relief army of Hannibal appeared only when the Romans had already occupied the walls and the Carthaginians received with a spear hail. Hannibal withdrew, the battle was decided in favor of the Romans.
Follow
Hannibal marched south and took no further attempts to conquer the city of Capua again. The two consuls were victorious readiness in Capua local population to support Hannibal, punish hard: You expropriated wealthy citizens and sent many into slavery. This punishing not only the " culprit " but financed with the expropriations also the campaign. For the further course of the Second Punic War, however, this battle had no major impact.