Battle of the Upper Baetis
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{{Infobox Military Conflict
|conflict=Battle of the Upper Baetis
|partof=the Second Punic War
|image=Image:Battles second punic war.png
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|date=211 BC
|place=near the Upper Baetis River
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|result=Carthaginian victory
|combatant1=Carthage
|combatant2=Roman Republic
|commander1=Hasdrubal
|commander2=Publius Cornelius Scipio†
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus†
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| Second Punic War |
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| Ticinus – Trebia – Lake Trasimene – Cannae – 1st Nola – 2nd Nola – 3rd Nola – 1st Capua – Silarus – 1st Herdonia – Upper Baetis – 2nd Capua – 2nd Herdonia – Numistro – Asculum – Baecula – Grumentum – Metaurus – Ilipa – Crotona – Bagbrades – Zama |
The Battle of the Upper Baetis was fought in 211 BC between a Carthaginian force led by Hasdrubal (Hannibal's brother) and Roman force led by Publius Cornelius Scipio and his brother Gnaeus. The immediate result was a Carthaginian victory in which both brothers were killed. Despite this defeat, the brothers had spent seven years (218BC - 211BC) in Hispania, which in turn limited the resources available to Hannibal who was simultaneously fighting the Romans in Italy.
Publius Cornelius Scipio was the father of Scipio Africanus the Elder, who would later defeat Hannibal at the battle of Zama.
