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Battle of Aquilonia
Part of the Third Samnite War
Date293 BC
Location
Aquilonia (region around Lazio, Molise, Italy)
Result Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Republic Samnites
Commanders and leaders
Lucius Papirius Cursor Spurius Carvilius Unknown
Strength
20,000-42,000 men 30,000-55,000 men
Casualties and losses
Mostly light 20,340 killed
3,870 captured
97 standards captured
Map of ancient Samnium (from The Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1911), showing Aquilonia in modern Molise.

The Battle of Aquilonia, was fought between the Roman Republic and the Samnites during the Third Samnite War in 293 BC. This battle saw a large Samnite army that had gathered in the mountainous region of Aquilonia to stop Roman expansion, but was decisively defeated by the Roman legionaries led by Consul Lucius Papirius Cursor and Consul Spurius Carvilius.

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