Tiberius Sempronius Longus (''c.'' 260 BC – unknown) was a

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during the Second Punic War and a contemporary of Publius Cornelius Scipio (father of Scipio Africanus). In 218 BC, Sempronius was sent to Sicily with 160 quinqueremes to gather forces and supplies, while Scipio was sent to

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to intercept Hannibal. It was at this time, striking from Lilybaeum, on the island of

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, that Sempronius Longus captured

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from the

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s. Shortly thereafter, with Scipio wounded and pursued by Hannibal's forces after the

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, 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. His army charged into a trap and was enveloped by the forces of Hannibal's brother, Mago. Although it was a crushing Roman defeat, Tiberius Sempronius Longus and a force of 10,000

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men fought their way through the rear Carthaginian lines and to safety. In January 217 BC Sempronius Longus returned to Rome to oversee the elections for the new consuls. He was succeeded by Gaius Flaminius and returned to his army at their winter encampment. In 215 BC, Sempronius fought

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. His army killed 2,000 enemy men and captured 280 more, pushing Hanno out of

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back to

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and allowing the towns of Vercellium, Vescellium, and Sicilinum to be recaptured for Rome.

Titus Livius Titus Livius (; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy ( ), was a Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled , covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditional founding in ...

. ''History of Rome''. Book XXIII, section 37. He is the father of Tiberius Sempronius Longus, the consul of 194 BC.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sempronius Longus, Tiberius 260 BC births 210 BC deaths 3rd-century BC Roman consuls Ancient Roman generals Longus, Tiberius Roman commanders of the Second Punic War Year of birth uncertain