1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
TREBIA (mod. Trebbia) , a river of Cisalpine Gaul, a tributary of the Padus (Po) into which it falls some 4 m. west of Placentia (Piacenza). It is remarkable for the victory gained on its banks by Hannibal over the Romans in 218 B.C. The latest investigations make it clear that Polybius's account, according to which the battle took place on the left bank of the river, is to be preferred to that of Livy (see W. J. Kromayer in Anzeiger der pliil. hist. Klasse der k. Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, October 14, 19…
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