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Battle of Asculum
Part of the Pyrrhic War

Battle sites and places of the Pyrrhic War
Date279 BC
Location
Asculum, modern Ascoli Satriano, Apulia, Italy
Result Greek League victory
Belligerents
  • Roman Republic
  • Frentani
  • Marsi
  • Marrucini
  • Paeligni
  • Dauni
  • Umbrians
  • Epirus
  • Aetolians
  • Acarnanians
  • Athamanians
  • Tarentines
  • Brutti
  • Lucani
  • Samnites
Commanders and leaders
  • Publius Decius Mus
  • Publius Sulpicius Saverrio
Pyrrhus of Epirus
Strength
  • 40,000 men
  • 300 anti-elephant wagons
  • 40,000 men
  • 19 war elephants
Casualties and losses
6,000 killed 3,500 killed

The Battle of Asculum[1] took place near Asculum (modern Ascoli Satriano) in 279 BC between the Roman Republic under the command of the consuls Publius Decius Mus and Publius Sulpicius Saverrio, and the forces of King Pyrrhus of Epirus. The battle took place during the Pyrrhic War, after the Battle of Heraclea of 280 BC, which was the first battle of the war. There exist accounts of this battle by three ancient historians: Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Plutarch, and Cassius Dio. Asculum was in Lucanian territory, in southern Italy. The Battle of Asculum was the original “Pyrrhic victory”.

  1. ^ Michael Grant, The History of Rome, p. 79

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