if one believes Livy. It is not clear whether the Romans made an attempt to take Croton itself. Our authority states that Sempronius turned his attention elsewhere. The same summer he took by storm Clampetia. "Consentia, Pandosia and some other unimportant places surrendered voluntarily." The fighting around Croton continued in 203 BC, but as Livy puts it himself, there are no clear accounts of the events. Livy is particularly suspicious of a story that the consul Cnaeus Servilius Caepio killed 5,000 Carthaginian soldiers in a pitched battle. One thing is sure – Servilius could not prevent Hannibal from departing safely to Africa. Appian informs that, for the transportation of his veterans, Hannibal even built more ships in addition to the fleet that arrived in Croton from Carthage. This was unimpeded by the Romans. Aftermath As Scipio had predicted, despite all Hannibal's efforts, the struggle between Rome and Carthage was decided out of Italy. The Roman general inflicted several heavy defeats on the Carthaginians in Africa and they appealed for help. Whilst Hannibal was still in Bruttium, his brother Mago was repulsed and mortally wounded in a battle in Northern Italy. The remainder of Mago's forces returned to Carthage and joined Hannibal to stand against Scipio at Zama. Footnotes External links Livius, Titus, The History of Rome, Vol. IV, Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library Appian, History of Rome: The Hannibalic War , Livius Articles on Ancient History Cassius Dio, Roman History, LacusCurtius Further reading Note: The following works contain a wider description of the Second Punic war. They provide a context of the fighting in Bruttium, not exact details. Mommsen, Theodor, The History of Rome, Book III, Project Gutenberg (Retrieved on 2007-09-24) Delbrück, Hans, Geschichte der Kriegskunst im Rahmen der politischen Geschichte, I Teil: Das Altertum, Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin 1964 Caven, Brian, The Punic Wars, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London 1980, Smith, William, A Smaller History of Rome, Project Gutenberg (Retrieved on 2007-09-24) Crotona Crotona Crotona Croton Crotona 204 BC