Battle of Beneventum

When

275 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

41.13° N, 14.78° E

Description

battle fought in 275 BCE

275 BC Battle of the Pyrrhic war

The Battle of Beneventum was the last battle of the Pyrrhic War. It was fought near Beneventum, in southern Italy, between the forces of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus in Greece, and the Romans, led by consul Manius Curius Dentatus. The result was a strategic Roman victory and Pyrrhus was forced to return to Tarentum, and later to Epirus.

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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 “When Pyrrhus returns from Sicily, he finds himself vastly outnumbered by a superior Roman army under the command of consul Manius Curius Dentatus”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Beneventum Savaşı'nda Romalılar, Yunanları ağır bir yenilgiye uğrattılar”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht bei Beneventum ist die letzte Schlacht im Pyrrhischen Krieg zwischen Pyrrhus und der Römischen Republik”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Défaite de Pyrrhus à la bataille de Beneventum devant les Romains”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Pirro, rey de Epiro, es derrotado en la batalla de Benevento por el cónsul romano Manio Curio Dentato, marcando el final de las guerras pírricas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ピュロスがシチリアから撤退する時、マニウス・クリウス・デンタトゥス執政官指揮するローマ軍に自分が大いに数で優っている事に気がつく。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page