battle, notable, ancient

Battle of Aquilonia

Name: Battle of Aquilonia
Location: Italy

Battle of Aquilonia was a battle fought in 293 BC in what is now Italy. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of Third Samnite War, which ran from 298 BC to 290 BC. The recorded result: Roman victory. Recorded strength: 20,000 men against 28,000 men.

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Fought293 BC

WhereItaly41.050N, 15.425E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeRoman victory

BelligerentsRoman RepublicagainstSamnites

Casualties and lossesMostly lightand20,340 killed; 3,870 captured; 97 standards captured

Part ofThird Samnite War298 BC to 290 BC

Where it sits in Third Samnite War

4 placed engagements of Third Samnite War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	293 BC (year precision)
Place	Italy 41.050N, 15.425E
Kind	Battle, ancient
Strength	20,000 men	28,000 men
Casualties and losses	Mostly light	20,340 killed; 3,870 captured; 97 standards captured
Commanders	Lucius Papirius Cursor (consul in 293 and 272 BC) Lucius Volumnius Flamma Violens Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus

Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Melfi 1528, 20 km E
Battle of Ascoli 1392, 22 km NE
Battle of Asculum 279 BC, 22 km NE
Battle of Olivento 1041, 28 km E
Siege of Atella 1496, 28 km SE

In the same war

Before: Battle of Camerinum 295 BC
All 4 engagements of Third Samnite War

Elsewhere in 293 BC

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Battle of Aquilonia is one of 184 engagements of the 3rd century BC in the atlas and one of 942 in present-day Italy.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1936973, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Aquilonia, revision 1378110608, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.