Battle of Decimomannu

Battle of Decimomannu
Part of the Second Punic War

Map of the campaign
DateFall 215 BC
Location
Decimomannu, Sardinia
40°05′36″N 8°30′29″E / 40.09333°N 8.50806°E / 40.09333; 8.50806
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, Battle of Cornus or Battle of Caralis was fought 215 BC on the island of 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, just north of Caralis. The Romans destroyed the Carthaginian army and then scattered their fleet in a sea battle south of Sardinia.

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