Tiberius Sempronius Longus (consul 218 BC)

[1] Shortly thereafter, with Scipio wounded and pursued by Hannibal's forces after the Battle of Ticinus, the Senate sent for Tiberius Sempronius Longus.Upon his arrival in December, and reportedly against Scipio's advice, Sempronius Longus led an ambitious attack at the Battle of the Trebia.Although it was a crushing Roman defeat, Tiberius Sempronius Longus and a force of 10,000 infantrymen fought their way through the rear Carthaginian lines and to safety.[2] In January 217 BC Sempronius Longus returned to Rome to oversee the elections for the new consuls.His army killed 2,000 enemy men and captured 280 more, pushing Hanno out of Lucania back to Bruttium and allowing the towns of Vercellium, Vescellium, and Sicilinum to be recaptured for Rome.
consulSecond Punic WarPublius Cornelius ScipioScipio AfricanusSicilyAfricaIberian PeninsulaHannibalRoman legionsquinqueremesLilybaeumcapturedCarthaginiansBattle of TicinusSenateBattle of the TrebiaenvelopedinfantrymenGaius FlaminiusLucaniaBruttiumTiberius Sempronius LongusTitus LiviusLucius Aemilius PaulusMarcus Livius SalinatorRoman RepublicGnaeus Servilius GeminusMarcus Atilius Regulus