Battle of Camerinum

Battle of Camerinum
	Part of the Third Samnite War
Date	298 BC
Location	Camerinum (modern Camerino), Italy 43°8′25.001″N13°4′8.000″E / 43.14027806°N 13.06888889°E
Result	Samnite victory
Belligerents
Roman Republic	Samnium
Commanders and leaders
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus	Gellius Egnatius
Strength
One legion	Unknown
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Italy

Last updated April 20, 2025

The Battle of Camerinum in 298 BC took place during the Third Samnite War. In the battle, the Samnites defeated a Roman legion under the command of the propraetor Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

↑ Polybius of Megalopolis. Histories 2.19.5-6.
↑ Titus Livius. Ab Urbe Condita 10.25.
↑ Gill, N.S. "A Table of Roman Battles". Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
↑ Harbottle, Thomas Benfield (1904). Dictionary of battles from the earliest date to the present time. London: S. Sonnenschein & Co., Ltd. pp. 47. Camerinum.
↑ Cornell, Tim (2017). The "Samnite Wars," 343-290 BC, in M. Whitby & H. Sidebottom (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Ancient Battles. p. 477. ISBN 978-1405186452.

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[1] Polybius of Megalopolis. Histories 2.19.5-6.

[2] Titus Livius. Ab Urbe Condita 10.25.

[3] Gill, N.S. "A Table of Roman Battles". Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2012.

[4] Harbottle, Thomas Benfield (1904). Dictionary of battles from the earliest date to the present time. London: S. Sonnenschein & Co., Ltd. pp. 47. Camerinum.

[5] Cornell, Tim (2017). The "Samnite Wars," 343-290 BC, in M. Whitby & H. Sidebottom (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Ancient Battles. p. 477. ISBN 978-1405186452.

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