place
Herdonea
also: Herdonia
A town in Apulia, scene of Hannibal's destruction of a Roman army under Cn. Fulvius Flaccus in 212 BC.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 25 §21 Herdonea
Apulian town near which Hannibal annihilates the praetor Gnaeus Fulvius Flaccus' army, the first battle of Herdonea (§21).
- The History of Rome, Book 27 §1 Herdonea
A town in Apulia, revolted to Hannibal after Cannae; here the site of the proconsul Cn. Fulvius's defeat, then burned by Hannibal.