What the records say
- When
- 293 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 43.47° N, 11.87° E
- Description
- 293 BCE battle of the Third Samnite War
Placed at the coordinates of its Portuguese Wikipedia article.
Battle of Aquilonia
293 BCE battle of the Third Samnite War
The Battle of Aquilonia, was fought between the Roman Republic and the Samnites during the Third Samnite War in 293 BC. This battle saw a large Samnite army that had gathered in the mountainous region of Aquilonia to stop Roman expansion, but was decisively defeated by the Roman legionaries led by consul Lucius Papirius Cursor.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “On the same day that Carvilius storms the major Samnite city of Cominium, Papirius”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “14 mars (11 avril du calendrier romain) : début à Rome du consulat de Lucius Papirius Cursor et Spurius Carvilius Maximus”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Los romanos derrotan definitivamente a los samnitas en la Batalla de Aquilonia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page