Battle of Garigliano

Battle of Garigliano
DateJune 915
Location
Result Christian victory
Belligerents

Christian League:

Fatimid Caliphate
Commanders and leaders
Alberic I of Spoleto
Nicholas Picingli
Pope John X
Alliku[1]
Strength
50,000 40,000
Casualties and losses
Minimal Heavy

The Battle of Garigliano was fought in 915 between Christian forces and the Saracens. Pope John X personally led the Christian forces into battle. The aim was to destroy the Arab fortress on the Garigliano River,[2] which had threatened central Italy and the outskirts of Rome for nearly 30 years.[3][4]

  1. ^ Cfr. Chronicon comitum Capuae in Mon.Germ.hist.Script. III,208
  2. ^ Roger Collins (1 Jan 2009). Keepers of the Keys of Heaven: A History of the Papacy. Basic Books. p. 175. ISBN 9780786744183.
  3. ^ Gustav Edmund Von Grunebaum. Classical Islam. p. 125. ISBN 9780202364858.
  4. ^ Christopher Kleinhenz (8 Jan 2004). Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 813. ISBN 9781135948801.