First Battle of Clusium | |||||||
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Part of Sulla's Second Civil War | |||||||
A bust of Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Optimates | Populares | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix | Gnaeus Papirius Carbo |
The First Battle of Clusium took place in June of 82 BC during the Roman Republic's Second Civil War. The battle pitted the Optimates under the command of Lucius Cornelius Sulla against the Populares commanded by Gnaeus Papirius Carbo. The battle was indecisive.