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Battle of Brescia

Battle of Brescia was a battle fought in AD 312 at Brescia, in what is now Italy. The recorded result: Constantinian victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against Unknown.

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Esquerda: Cabeça do Colosso de Constantino, Museus Vaticanos; Direita: Busto de Magêncio no Museu Pushkin
Esquerda: Cabeça do Colosso de Constantino, Museus Vaticanos; Direita: Busto de Magêncio no Museu Pushkin. Shakko; Markus Bernet, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
FoughtAD 312
WhereBrescia, Italy45.533N, 10.233E
OutcomeConstantinian victory
BelligerentsConstantinian forcesagainstMaxentian forces

Record

DateAD 312 (year precision)
PlaceBrescia, Italy
45.533N, 10.233E
KindBattle, ancient
StrengthUnknownUnknown
Commanders
  • Ruricius Pompeianus
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between AD 312 and 1438.

Elsewhere in AD 312

Battle of Brescia is one of 65 engagements of the 4th century in the atlas and one of 942 in present-day Italy.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q25420405, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Brescia (312), revision 1370108162, 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.