Battles of Kroton

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Battles of Crotone
Part of the Second Punic War
Magna Graecia and Bruttium in the 3rd century BC
Date 204 BC Location Crotone, Calabria, present-day Italy 39°05′00″N 17°07′00″E / 39.0833°N 17.1167°E / 39.0833; 17.1167 Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
Carthage	Roman Republic
Commanders and leaders
Hannibal	Publius Sempronius Tuditanus Publius Licinius Crassus
Strength
unknown	four legions
Casualties and losses
	1,200 killed

The Battles of Kroton in 204 and 203 BC were, as well as the raid in Cisalpine Gaul, the last larger scale engagements between the Romans and the Carthaginians in Italy during the Second Punic War. After Hannibal’s retreat to Bruttium due to the Metaurus debacle, the Romans continuously tried to block his forces from gaining access to the Ionian Sea and cut his eventual escape to Carthage by capturing Kroton, the last port which had remained in his hands after years of fighting.