What the records say
- When
- 342 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 41.08° N, 14.50° E
- Description
- Second of three battles described by the Roman historian Livy
Battle of Saticula
Second of three battles described by the Roman historian Livy
The Battle of Saticula, 343 BC, was the second of three battles described by the Roman historian Livy, in Book Seven of his history of Rome, Ab Urbe Condita, as taking place in the first year of the First Samnite War. According to Livy's extensive description, the Roman commander, the consul Aulus Cornelius Cossus was marching from Saticula when he was almost trapped by a Samnite army in a mountain pass.
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