page_title: Tidone
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Tidone / History
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Mappa del fiume Tidone tratta da Intorno al nuovo taglio del Tidone e della Luretta
context_page_description: The Tidone is a river in the Region of Emilia Romagna in northern Italy. It is a right-bank tributary of the Po River. The stream rises in the Apennine Mountains near Monte Penice and flows in a northerly direction into the Po.
context_section_description: The Battle of Trebbia was fought near the lower course of the Tidone when Hannibal defeated a Roman army in 218 BC. The name dates from the battle when a Roman centurion found the Tidone's waters to be clear and drinkable while the nearby Trebbia supposedly ran red with the blood of the battle's victims. In thanks to the river, the officer said O Valle ti dono questo anello; ti dono (I give).  Also fought in the area was a second Battle of Trebbia in 1799 which pitted a Republican French army against the allied armies of the Russian Empire and Habsburg Austria.
caption: Tidone river map in the 18th century
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