Battle of Tifernum

Battle of Tifernum
Part of the Third Samnite War
Date297 BC
Location
Result Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Republic Samnium
Commanders and leaders
Fabius Maximus Rullianus
Scipio Barbatus
Strength
20,000 25,000
Casualties and losses
2,000 dead 3,400 dead,
830 captured

The Battle of Tifernum (297 BC) was an important battle of the Third Samnite War, fought in 297 BC near Castropignano, either on the banks of the river Biferno (latin: Tifernus) or near the Matese mountains (latin: Tifernus Mons) in the province of Campobasso, in what is now southern Italy, where the Romans overcame a determined Samnite army. The result would lead to the decisive Battle of Sentinum, which granted Rome the domination of central Italy.