Battle of Mursa Major

When

29 Sep 351

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

45.56° N, 18.67° E

Description

351 battle

Part of the Roman civil war of 350–353

The Battle of Mursa was fought on 28 September 351 between the eastern Roman armies led by the Emperor Constantius II and the western forces supporting the usurper Magnentius. It took place at Mursa, near the Via Militaris in the province of Pannonia. The battle, one of the bloodiest in Roman history, was a pyrrhic victory for Constantius.

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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 Mursa Major: Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius along the valley of the Drava”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht bei Mursa besiegt Constantius II. den Usurpator Magnentius”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Constance II remporte une victoire sur Magnence à la bataille de Mursa, ville que Magnence tentait d'assiéger”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “В тяжёлом сражении у Мурсы на реке Драве Констанций разгромил Магненция”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “El emperador Constancio II derrota a Magnencio en la batalla de Mursa Major”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Roman civil war of 350–353350 · Civil war