Battle of Camerinum

The Battle of Camerinum in 298 BC was a battle of the Third Samnite War. In the battle, the Samnites defeated a Roman legion under the command of the propraetor Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus.[1][2][3][4][5]

Battle of Camerinum
Part of the Third Samnite War
Date298 BC
Location
Camerinum (modern Camerino), Italy
43°8′25.001″N 13°4′8.000″E
Result Samnite victory
Belligerents
Roman Republic Samnium
Commanders and leaders
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus Gellius Equatius
Strength
One legion Unknown
Battle of Camerinum is located in Italy
Battle of Camerinum
Location within Italy

References
  1. of Megalopolis, Polybius. Histories 2.19.5-6.
  2. Livius, Titus. Ab Urbe Condita 10.25.
  3. Gill, N.S. "A Table of Roman Battles". Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  4. Harbottle, Thomas Benfield (1904). Dictionary of battles from the earliest date to the present time. London: S. Sonnenschein & Co., Ltd. pp. 47. Camerinum.
  5. Cornell, Tim (2017). The "Samnite Wars," 343-290 BC, in M. Whitby & H. Sidebottom (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Ancient Battles. p. 477. ISBN 978-1405186452.


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