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Battle of Tifernum | |||||||
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Part of the Third Samnite War | |||||||
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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.