Battle of the Bagradas River

The Battle of the Bagradas River was fought between a Carthaginian army led by Hamilcar Barca, who was victorious, and a rebel force led by Spendius. The battle in 240 BC was fought in what is now northeast Tunisia. Carthage was fighting a coalition of mutinous soldiers and rebellious African cities in the Mercenary War, which had started late the previous year in the wake of the First Punic War. The rebels were blockading Carthage and besieging the northern ports of Utica and Hippo. A Carthaginian army commanded by Hanno had attempted and failed to relieve Utica earlier that year. A second army was assembled in Carthage and entrusted to Hamilcar, who had commanded Carthaginian forces on Sicily for the last six years of the First Punic War.

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-203 Siege of Utica

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1557 Capture of Bizerte

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Gaston Bussière - La charge des éléphants

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	435	Vandal Kingdom		Wikidata
event	armed conflict	48	Battle of Utica	battle, populares	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	48	Battle of the Bagradas River	battle, populares	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	80	Battle of Utica	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	202	Battle of the Great Plains	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	202	Battle of Utica	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	203	Siege of Utica	Roman Republic, siege, Ancient Carthage	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	239	Battle of the Bagradas River	battle, mercenary, Ancient Carthage	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	239	Battle of Utica	mercenary, battle, Ancient Carthage	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	306	Siege of Utica	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	536	Battle of the Bagradas River	Byzantine Empire, battle, Mauri people	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1557	Capture of Bizerte	Ottoman Empire, siege, Hispanic Monarchy	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1655	Action of 14 April 1655	Commonwealth of England, Eyalet of Tunis, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2014	Raoued Operation	battle	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Redwing	minesweeper, Lapwing-class minesweeper	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Thomas J. Gary	destroyer escort, Edsall-class destroyer escort	Wikidata
site	fort		Bordj El Woustani	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Bordj Lazarit	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Ksiba	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Sidi Ali El Mekki Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Spanish Fort of Bizerte	fort	Wikidata
commons	image		Gaston Bussière - La charge des éléphants		Commons