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Battle of Sentinum

Type Event Region Europe Time -295

In 295 BCE, during the Third Samnite War, the Roman Republic fought a decisive battle at Sentinum in Umbria against a coalition of Samnites, Etruscan…

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  1. -295Sentinum · UmbriaThe Samnites joined with Etruscan city-states and the Senone Gauls to form an anti-Roman alliance, gathering about 40,000 troops near Sentinum to halt further Roman control of central Italy.
  2. -295Sentinum · UmbriaRoman consul Munius pinned the coalition center with his own troops while Fabius led the reserves to strike the Gallic flank, breaking the allied line. Munius was killed, but Rome won a decisive victory, badly weakening Samnite and Etruscan resistance.

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