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Battle of Aquilonia | |||||||
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Part of the Third Samnite War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Roman Republic | Samnites | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lucius Papirius Cursor Spurius Carvilius | Unknown | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
20,000-42,000 men | 30,000-55,000 men | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Mostly light |
20,340 killed 3,870 captured 97 standards captured |
The Battle of Aquilonia, was fought between the Roman Republic and the Samnites during the Third Samnite War in 293 BC. This battle saw a large Samnite army that had gathered in the mountainous region of Aquilonia to stop Roman expansion, but was decisively defeated by the Roman legionaries led by Consul Lucius Papirius Cursor and Consul Spurius Carvilius.