Battle of Aesernia

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The Battle of Aesernia took place in the year 90 BC during the Social War. [1] A force under the consul Lucius Julius Caesar, an uncle of the more famous Julius Caesar, was engaged while moving to relieve the siege of Aesernia and defeated by a rebel force under Titus Vettius Scato. [1] [2] Orosius wrote that Caesar had to entirely rebuild his army with Gallic and African troops after the battle while Appian admits only 2,000 Roman dead. [1] [2] As a result of their victory the rebels had enough spare forces to reinforce the army besieging Aesernia while another army took Venafrum. [1] It is also possible Venafrum joined the rebels. [2]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Sampson, Gareth C. (2013). The collapse of Rome : Marius, Sulla and the first Civil War, 91-70 BC. Barnsley, South Yorkshire. ISBN   9781473826854. OCLC   893910287.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. 1 2 3 Beesly, Augustus Henry (1889). The Gracchi, Marius, and Sulla. Epochs of Ancient History. London: Longmans, Green, and Co.


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