Battle of the Xichútepa River
Battle of the Xichútepa River | |||||||
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Part of the Romanyan Expansion | |||||||
Depiction of Chepīn I executing Quinctilius Varus. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Chepīn I Ohtli Matzio |
Quinctilius Varus † Marcus Caelius † | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Iloqutzi Militia Imnoqueti Militia Tzachu Militia |
XV Legion XVI Legion XVII Legion | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
~12,000 | 20,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Moderate |
17,000 killed or executed 3,000 enslaved |
The Battle of the Xichūtepa River (Pre-Old Creeperian: իյաոյոուհ խիցհուտեպա ատոյատլ, pronounced Iyaoyouh Xichūtepa Ātōyātl; Iberic: Meridionalis Parrhasiae Glacialis Flvmen in Proelivm, translated as the Battle of the South Arcadian River), also referred to as the South Arcadian Disaster (Iberic: Meridionalis Arcadibvs Coit in Malvm) by Romanyan historians, was a decisive battle that occurred along the banks of the Xichūtepa River, now known as the San Romero River, in September 110BC. The battle began after an expeditionary army of the Romanyan Empire was ambushed by a joint-army alliance of the Creeperian Confederation that stemmed from the Iloqutzi, Imnoqueti, and Tzachu tribes.
Despite being outnumbered, the battle ended in a decisive victory for the Creeperian forces. Almost all of the Romanyan soldiers were either killed in battle or enslaved by the Creeperans, with very few managing to escape back to Arcadia to recount what happened. The defeat is considered one of the worst in Romanyan history and the empire never again expanded south of the Creeperian Range.