Battle of Aquilonia

Battle of Aquilonia
	Part of the Third Samnite War
Date	293 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

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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