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Battle of Aquilonia

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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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History

According to Titus Livius, the Samnites were desperately short of men, and thus called a general muster to Aquilonia, which all men of Samnium were required to answer. There, they took strict religious oaths to their country, and were then forced to join the army upon an altar to the gods. If they refused, they were slain on the spot and their bodies left in a pile as a reminder to all others what would happen if they refused.

The more experienced men, or those chosen by friends, made up what was called the "Linen Legion", due to their linen tunics which were brightly decorated.

According to Livy[1] a feeder of the sacred chickens (pullarius) in the Roman army falsely reported favorable auspices to the consul, and that this falsification was discovered prior to battle. Papirius responded that the ill omen applied only to the pullarius, and placed him in the front line. When he was struck dead by a javelin before battle began, the consul's interpretation was seen to be fulfilled.

During the battle, the Samnite line held its own for a long while, until a cloud of dust made by Papirius's auxilia cavalry frightened the Samnites, and convinced the Romans that the army of Spurius Carvilius Maximus, the other consul (at the time, besieging another city) had come to finish them off. A cavalry charge on the Samnite center eventually broke the army and they routed.

After the battle, the Samnites fled into the city of Aquilonia itself, and their camp. The camp was captured and looted by the Romans, while taking the city itself proved more difficult. The city was eventually taken, with many of the Samnite survivors being slaughtered in the fighting. The loot taken from the Samnites was so extravagant, according to Livy, that there was enough gold and silver to decorate all the public buildings of Rome, with some left over to decorate the public buildings of other Roman cities as well.

Papirius Cursor was unanimously decreed a triumph, and a period of seven days thanksgiving was declared in his honor.

Site of the battle

The precise site is unknown, but the probable location would be between modern regions Lazio and Molise.[2] There was also a Roman city called Aquilonia, which is modern Lacedonia in Campania, so it was previously supposed it was the site of the battle. Because of this, in 1861, the neighbouring town of Carbonara was renamed Aquilonia.

References

  1. ^ Ab Urbe Condita, 10.40
  2. ^ Le Mura Megalitiche: Il Lazio meridionale tra storia e mito. Gangemi. 17 January 2016. pp. 87–88. ISBN 9788849290622.

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