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Battle of Numistro
The Battle of Numistro was fought in 210 BC between Hannibal's army and one of the Roman consular armies led by consul Marcus Claudius Marcellus. It was the fourth time both generals met in a battle. Previous encounters were all located around the walls of Nola (Campania) in 216, 215 and 214 a.C. and had been favourable for the Roman side.
==Antecedents==
In the early months of the 210 B.C. consulship, the city of Salapia (Apulia) was betrayed to the Romans. The Punic side lost an important garrison of cavalry there.〔Titus Livius, ''Ab Urbe Condita'', XXVI,38,23〕 After this, Hannibal retreated to Brutium and Marcellus conquered the towns of Maronea and Meles in Samnium. Shortly thereafter, the Carthaginian general came back to Apulia and defeated proconsul Gnaeus Fulvius Centumalus Maximus in the Second Battle of Herdonia.〔Titus Livius, ''Ab Urbe Condita'', XXVII,1,5〕 Then Marcellus informed the Senate he would intercept and give battle against the Punic general to restore Roman honor. His was the only full strength Roman army in the south of Italy at the moment (there was another minor army in Capua with one legion of 5.000 men and an allied alae of 7.500 soldiers), so the consequences of a defeat could have been disastrous for the Roman side and its attempt to counter the invasion in that part of the country. Marcellus moved from Samnium and intercepted the Punic army in Numistro, a town northeast of Lucania. The Roman army encamped in the plain while the Punic camp was on a hill.〔Titus Livius, ''Ab Urbe Condita'', XXVII,2,5〕 Numistro was close to Muro Lucano, on a route that the Punic army used between Northern Apulia and Brutium.
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