Battle of Lake Benacus

When

268

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

45.58° N, 10.62° E

Description

battle during the Roman-Germanic wars (268/269)

Battle during the Imperial Crisis and the Roman–Germanic wars (268/269)

The Battle of Lake Benacus was fought along the banks of Lake Garda in northern Italy, which was known to the Romans as Benacus, in 268 or early 269, between the army under the command of the Roman Emperor Claudius II and the Germanic tribes of the Alamanni and Juthungi.

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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 “Battle of Lake Benacus: A Roman army (35,000 men) under emperor Claudius II defeats the Germanic tribes of the Alamanni along the banks of Lake Garda”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Benacus Gölü Muharebesi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Kaiser Claudius Gothicus schlägt die Alamannen in der Schlacht am Lacus Benacus (Gardasee)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Claude II remporte une grande victoire sur les Alamans près du lac Benacus (lac de Garde)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Los alamanes invaden Italia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Gothic War of 267–269267 · War