Acerrae (Cisalpine Gaul)

Acerrae (

Adda. It appears to have been a place of considerable strength and importance (probably as commanding the passage of the Adda) even before the Roman conquest: and in B.C. 222, held out for a considerable time against the consuls Marcellus and Scipio, but was compelled to surrender after the battle of Clastidium.’ ^[1]

According to Polybius,^[2] in 222BC the Romans invaded the territory of the Insubres and laid siege to Acerrae during the consulships of Consuls whom Polybius names Marcus Claudius and Gnaeus Cornelius (ie. Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus and Marcus Claudius Marcellus).

References

Edward Herbert Bunbury, ‘ ACERRAE’, in Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, ed. by William Smith
, 2 vols (London:Walton and Maberly, 1854), I, 11. Bunbury supplies the following references: Pol. ii. 34 ; Plut. Marc. 6 ; Zonar. viii. 20 ; Strab. v. p. 247 ; Steph.B. s.v; Tab. Peut.; Cluver. Ital. p. 244.

^ Polybius, Histories, 2:34

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[1] Edward Herbert Bunbury, ‘ ACERRAE’, in Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, ed. by William Smith
, 2 vols (London:Walton and Maberly, 1854), I, 11. Bunbury supplies the following references: Pol. ii. 34 ; Plut. Marc. 6 ; Zonar. viii. 20 ; Strab. v. p. 247 ; Steph.B. s.v; Tab. Peut.; Cluver. Ital. p. 244.

[2] Polybius, Histories, 2:34

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