Battle of Fidenae | |||||||
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Part of Roman–Etruscan Wars | |||||||
Aulus Cornelius Cossus carries the head of the Etruscan king Lars Tolumnius, 1818 engraving by Bartolomeo Pinelli | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Roman Republic |
Fidenae Veii | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Mamercus Aemilius Mamercinus Lucius Quinctius L. f. L. n. Cincinnatus Lucius Sergius Fidenas | Lars Tolumnius |
The Battle of Fidenae was fought in 437 BC between the Roman Republic, led by the dictator Mamercus Aemilius Mamercinus, and the combined forces of Fidenae and Veii, led by Lars Tolumnius.[1]