Over two thousand years after this battle, Alexander Suvorov led a joint Russo-Austrian force to victory over the French Revolutionary army of Jacques MacDonald at the same site during the War of the Second Coalition.
Over two thousand years after this battle, Alexander Suvorov led a joint Russo-Austrian force to victory over the French Revolutionary army of Jacques MacDonald at the same site during the War of the Second Coalition. Prior to this battle, the victorious side won a clash at Ticinus, while the eventual losers set up camp at Placentia. It began with a harassing action by Numidian cavalry and saw a contingent of Cenomani tribesmen devastated by a charge of (*) war elephants, but its decisive moment came when Mago ambushed from the rear and routed the army of Tiberius Sempronius Longus. For 10 points, name this first major battle of the Second Punic War, which saw Hannibal Barca best the Roman Republic at the namesake stream in northern Italy.
Over two thousand years after this battle, Alexander Suvorov led a joint Russo-Austrian force to victory over the French Revolutionary army of Jacques MacDonald at the same site during the War of the Second Coalition.
Battle of the River Treb(b)ia