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Battle of Asculum
Part of the Pyrrhic War
Battle sites and places of the Pyrrhic War
Date
279 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
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Pyrrhic War
Heraclea
Asculum
Venusia
Rhegium
Syracuse
Eryx
Cranita
Lilybaeum
Messina
Beneventum
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”.
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