Battle of Mursa Major

Battle of Mursa
	Part of the Roman civil war of 350–353
Date	28 September 351 AD
Location	Mursa, Pannonia (modern Osijek, Croatia)45°33′27″N 18°40′46″E
Result	Victory for Constantius
Belligerents
Roman Empire	Roman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Magnentius	Constantius II
Strength
	60,000
Casualties and losses
23,760–24,000; Very large number of deaths	24,000–30,000
	Location of the battle within modern Croatia

The Battle of Mursa was fought on 28 September 351 between the eastern Roman armies led by the Emperor Constantius II and the western forces supporting the usurper Magnentius. It took place at Mursa, near the Via Militaris in the province of Pannonia (modern Osijek, Croatia). The battle, one of the bloodiest in Roman history, was a pyrrhic victory for Constantius.

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