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	Mus - LoveToKnow 1911
		The decisive battle was fought near Mt Vesuvius.
		(2) His son, also called Publius, consul for the fourth time in 295, followed the example of his father at the battle of Sentinum, when the left wing which he commanded was shaken by the Gauls (Livy x.
		The story of the elder Decius is regarded by Mommsen as an unhistorical "doublette" of what is related on better authority of the son.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Mus (201 words)

	List of battles 1400 BC-600 AD
		Battle of Himera[?] The Carthaginians under Hamilcar are defeated by the Greeks of Sicily, led by Gelon[?] of Syracuse.
		Battle of Herdonia[?] Hannibal destroys the Roman army of the praetor Gnaeus Fulvius.
		357 Battle of Strasbourg (357)[?] Julian expels the Alamanni from the Rhineland
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/li/List_of_battles_1400_BC-600_AD.html (4447 words)

	List of battles 1400 BC-AD 600
		225 BC Battle of Faesulae The Romans are defeated by the Gauls of Northern Italy.
		Battle of Sellasia Defeat of Cleomenes III of Sparta by Antigonus Doson of Macedon and the Achaean League
		Battle of the Arius Antiochus III defeats the Parthians
	www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_battles_1400_bc_ad_600.html (4725 words)

	Translation- The Battle of Sentinum
		The dictator Lucius Papirius Cursor defeated the Etruscan confederation army in the battle of Lake Vadimone.
		This battle was to be remembered as the biggest fought between Rome and the Etruscan nation.
		The result of the battle of Sentino was that the Samnites, the Etruscans and the Umbrians fell under Roman domination even though the majority of their cities were still effectively free.
	www.mysteriousetruscans.com /posts/TT29MM2.html (721 words)

	Battle of Aquilonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Aquilonia was fought in 293 BC between the Roman Republic and the Samnites, near the current city of Aquilonia in Campania (southern Italy).
		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 Carvilius's army (at the time, besieging another city) had come to finish them off.
		After the battle, the Samnites fled into the city of Aquilonia itself, and their camp.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Aquilonia (370 words)

	List of battles 1400 BC-600 AD
		Battle of Himera[?] The Carthaginians under Hamilcar are defeated by the Greeks of Sicily, led by Gelon[?] of Syracuse.
		Battle of Herdonia[?] Hannibal destroys the Roman army of the praetor Gnaeus Fulvius.
		357 Battle of Strasbourg (357)[?] Julian expels the Alamanni from the Rhineland
	www.fastload.org /li/List_of_battles_1400_BC-600_AD.html (4497 words)

	List of Roman battles - Wikinfo
		Battle of Herdonia - Hannibal destroys the Roman army of the praetor Gnaeus Fulvius.
		357 - Battle of Strasbourg (357) - Julian expels the Alamanni from the Rhineland
		447 - Battle of the Utus - Attila the Hun is defeated by the East Romans in an indecisive battle
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=List_of_Roman_battles (6197 words)

	info: Battle_of_Sentinum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Battle of Sentinum was the decisive battle of the Third Samnite War, fought in 295 BC near Sentinum (next to Sassoferrato, Marche), in which the Romans were able to overcome a formidable coalition of Samnites, Etruscans, Umbrians, and their Gallic allies.
		Battle of Sentinum (B.C. 295).â”Upon the famous field of Sentinum was...
		French Military VictoriesDEFEAT: Battle of Sentinum - 295 B.C. The Gauls and Samniums under Egnatius are defeated by Decius Mus and Fabius Maximus Rullianus of the Roman Republic.
	www.napoli-pizza.net /Battle_of_Sentinum.html (626 words)

	French Military Victories
		Battle of Sentinum - 295 B.C. The Gauls and Samniums under Egnatius are defeated by Decius Mus and Fabius Maximus Rullianus of the Roman Republic.
		Battle of Telamon - 224 B.C. The out-numbered Gauls led by Concolitanus and Aneorestus are defeated by Atiliua Regulus and Aemilius Papus of the Roman Republic.
		Battle of Gergovia - 52 B.C. The Gallic Tribes led by Vercingetorix defeat the Roman Republic army of Julius Caesar.
	www.militaryfactory.com /battles/french_military_victories.asp (2246 words)

	Sentinum - Definition, explanation
		Sentinum was an ancient town of Umbria, Italy, lying to the S. of the modern town of Sassoferrato, in the low ground.
		In the neighborhood, the battle of Sentinum took place, in which the Romans defeated the combined forces of the Samnites and Gauls in 295 BC.
		It was taken and destroyed in 41 BC by the troops of Octavian, but continued to exist under the Empire.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/s/se/sentinum.php (165 words)

	List of Roman battles
		November Battle of the Ticinus - Hannibal defeats the Romans under Publius Cornelius Scipio the elder in a small cavalry fight.
		Battle of the Upper Baetis - Publius and Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio are killed in battle with the Carthaginians under Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal
		December, Battle of Magnesia - (near Smyrna) Romans under Lucius Cornelius Scipio and his brother Scipio Africanus Major defeat Antiochus III the Great in the decisive victory of the war.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/l/li/list_of_roman_battles.shtml (3173 words)

	Livius Picture Archive: the battle of Sentinum (295 BCE)
		The lake is still famous because of a battle in the Second Punic War, in which the Carthaginian leader Hannibal Barca defeated the Romans.
		This was a dangerous maneuver because it exposed his flank to Roman attacks, but Hannibal needed to force a battle with the consular army before it had united with the other Roman force.
		However, the auxiliaries at the end of the column were completely destroyed at the beginning of the battle, and the Romans were from the very start of the battle under great pressure from their left and right.
	www.livius.org /a/battlefields/trasimene_lake/trasimene.html (888 words)

	Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		During a battle in early 279 BCE, Keraunos was thrown by the elephant he was riding and killed; his head decorated a Gallic spear.
		At the battle of Banyais he decisively defeated the Egyptians under Ptolemy V, who was forced to cede all of their western territory -- except the Sinai desert -- to the Seleucids.
		The Roman Legions, led by Consul Aemilius, destroyed the Macedonian army at the Battle of Pydna.
	www.mec.edu /saugus/shs/new/ex/kbrome/timeline.html (3611 words)

	Ethics of Roman Expansion to 133 BC by Sanderson Beck
		In the battle of Lake Regillus Mamilius was killed, and the dictator Postumius returned to Rome in triumph with 5,500 captives.
		In the battle at Sentinum 25,000 of Rome's enemies were killed while 8,000 were taken prisoner; the Romans had 8700 casualties, and their consul Decius Mus was killed.
		This was followed by a battle against the Etruscans in which 4500 Perusini were killed and another battle in which 16,300 Samnites were killed and 2700 captured, while the Roman army lost 2700 men.
	www.san.beck.org /EC24-RomanExpansion.html (15529 words)

	Outlines of Roman History, Chapter 11
		Battle at the Caudine Forks (B.C..—In the early part of the war the Romans were nearly everywhere successful.
		Battle of Sentinum (B.C..—Upon the famous field of Sentinum was decided the fate of Italy.
		The battle was finally decided in favor of the Romans; and the hope of a united Italy under the leadership of Samnium was destroyed.
	www.forumromanum.org /history/morey11.html (1599 words)

	Translation - The Battle of Talamone
		The battle is fought perpendicular to the Via Aurelia, between Talamone and the Aquilone hill.
		This was one of the greatest battles (80 000 combatants) fought by the Romans before the civil wars.
		While the Battle of Sentinum, with only minor losses to the Gauls, assured the supremacy of Rome in peninsular Italy, the battle of Telamon virtually earned them the dominion of Cisalpine Gaul.
	www.mysteriousetruscans.com /posts/TT29MM4.html (912 words)

	GBoH Veseris Scenario
		The battle itself took place near the foot of Mount Vesuvius, in the vicinity of the River Veseris (or the town of Veseris depending on how you translate).
		During the battle Livy pays little attention to the Samnite forces with the Roman army, merely saying that they "struck terror into the hearts of the Latins", mostly after they were already fleeing.
		Delbruck consigns this one (and all Roman fourth century battles) to the realm of mythology.
	patriot.net /~townsend/GBoH/gboh-veseris.html (1877 words)

	Battle of Sentinum - Definition, explanation
		The Battle of Sentinum was the final battle of the Third Samnite War.
		In 295 BC, the Romans were able to overcome a formidable coalition of Samnites, Etruscans, and their Gallic allies.
		The armies arrived at the Plain of Sentinum but waited for two days to battle each other.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/b/ba/battle_of_sentinum.php (170 words)

	Young Folks' History of Rome eBook
		A battle was fought, in which Pontius and 7000 men were forced to lay down their arms and pass under the yoke in their turn.
		They never subdued Etruria, and in the battle of Sentinum, fought with the Gauls, the consul Decius Mus, devoted himself exactly as his father had done at Vesuvius, and by his death won the victory.
		The Romans marched against him, and there was a great battle on the banks of the river Siris, where the fighting was very hard, but when the elephants charged the Romans broke and fled, and were only saved by nightfall from being entirely destroyed.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/16667/42.html (542 words)

	Deci, the (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The first, who was consul in 340 B.C. with Titus Manlius Torquatus, lost his life (Battle of Vesuvius, 340 B.C.) in the war with the Latins, into whose ranks he flung himself, in obedience to a vision, when the Roman soldiers under his command began to waver (#b Livy.
		The second, who was four times consul, followed his father's example in the battle with the Gauls and Samnites (Battle of Sentinum, 295 B.C.) (#b Livy.
		The third, who was consul in 279 B.C., lost his life in the campaign against Pyrrhus, king of Epirus (Battle of Ausculum, 279 B.C.).
	www.princeton.edu /~batke/dante/d/Deci_the.html (183 words)

	15. The Samnite Wars Page 1
		He was obliged by some religious ceremony to return to Rome for a time, and he forbade his lieutenant, Quintus Fabius Rullianus, to venture a battle in his absence.
		A battle was fought, in which Pontius and 7000 men were forced to lay down their arms and pass under the yoke in their turn.
		They never subdued Etruria, and in the battle of Sentinum, fought with the Gauls, the consul Decius Mus, devoted himself exactly as his father had done at Vesuvius, and by his death won the victory.
	www.web-books.com /Classics/YoungFolks/Rome/YoungFolks_RomeC15P1.htm (978 words)

	Publius Decius Mus - Encyclopedia.com
		Near Mt. Vesuvius he "devoted" himself to the gods and then deliberately exposed himself to death (340 BC) in the belief that the enemy would thereby be destroyed by the gods.
		His son, when consul for the fourth time (295 BC), similarly sought death in the battle at Sentinum against the Gauls, Samnites, and Etruscans.
		His grandson, in the war with Pyrrhus, followed their example at Asculum (279 BC), according to Cicero's Tusculan Disputations.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-DeciusMu.html (182 words)

	ROMAN EMPIRE
		In the famous battle of Lake Regillus, the Latins were crushed.
		Moreover, the population of Rome was increasing too fast, and the soil was becoming poorer because of the primitive farming methods.
		After the battle of Zama (202 BC) Carthage was reduced to the position of a vassal state.
	www.geocities.com /book433/romanempire.htm (4344 words)

	History Forum > Pyrrhus of Epirus
		The battle made no progress as the Romans returned to their camp to await the next day, while Pyrrhus' men slept on the swampy ground.
		Also, the elephants were part of his downfall as well: the only battle he lost to the Romans, was lost when his eles had gone berzerk amongst his own ranks...
		While the hoplites were confident in making holes in the enemies battleline from the very relative safety of their shield and long spear, the legionaries tried to render the shield unusable and then close the distance, hacking and trusting.
	www.simaqianstudio.com /forum/lofiversion/index.php?t4292.html (5889 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1123 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		They thereupon agreed that the one whose wing first began to waver should devote himself and the army of the enemy to destruction.
		The decisive battle took place at the foot of Vesuvius ; and when the troops of Decius, who commanded the left wing, began to give way, he resolved to fulfil his vow.
		Such is the common story of his death; but other accounts relate it somewhat differently.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2231.html (816 words)

	Summary of Important Events in Unification
		Battle of Lake Regillus--Latins defeated in battle about the hegemony of Rome in Latium.
		Critical battle of Sentinum and of Clusium when the Samnites and Etruscans defeated respectively, but separately.
		That Rome would wage such a war against all these forces at the same time is a sure indication of the overwhelming resources she commanded --four field legions (4x4500) with at least as many allies for a total of 37,000 or more(more than Alexander had taken to Asia).
	www.uoregon.edu /~klio/rr/04-unif-tab.htm (319 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2005.08.40
		The subject of Chapter IX is Rome's rise to dominance in the peninsula: this end was achieved through an alliance with the Carthaginians, the definitive submission of the Latini, and the opening of warfare with the Samnites.
		The final chapter is devoted to sketching Rome's final victory against the Samnites and other Italian nations in the battle of Sentinum, as well as the Pyrrhic war.
		174); the battle of Lake Regillus "was patterned after the battle of the Siagra River, fought between the Locrians and Crotoneates" (p.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2005/2005-08-40.html (1957 words)

	The Baldwin Project: The Story of Rome by Mary Macgregor
		Fabius, whose courage had been tested in many a difficult position, was therefore appointed Consul for the fifth time, and sent with his colleague Decius to the war.
		The leader of the Samnites, Egnatius, was at Sentinum in Umbria.
		The Gauls too were utterly crushed, and the glory of the battle of Sentinum belonged to Rome.
	www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=macgregor&book=rome&story=sentinum (791 words)

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