Battle of Faventia (82 BC)

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Battle of Faventia
Part of
Sulla's Second Civil War

Roman era gate at Faventia.
DateSeptember, 82 BC
Location
Faenza, Roman Republic
Result Optimate victory
Belligerents
Optimates
Populares
Commanders and leaders
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius
Gaius Norbanus Balbus
Strength
20,000
Legionaries
 25,000 Legionaries
Casualties and losses
Low 9,000-10.000 killed and 6.000 defected (all but 1.000 lost)[1]

The Battle of Faventia took place in September of 82 BC at

Gaius Norbanus Balbus
. The battle resulted in an Optimate victory.

Context

Main article:
Sulla's Second Civil War

Through the course of the campaign of 82 BC, the Populares forces had divided into two groups, those in the north under the command of

Optimates. Soon after, the war had shifted to Etruria where Sulla engaged in a pitched cavalry skirmish against Popular forces near the Glanis River, emerging victorious.[2] His forces managed to defeat those of Gnaeus Papirius Carbo after expelling Carbo from Picenum
.

The battle

After expelling Carbo's forces from Picenum,

Ariminum.[3]

See also

  • Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix

References

  1. OCLC 893910287.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
    )
  2. ^ Mommsen 1856a, pp. 344–347
  3. ^ Appian, The Civil Wars, 1, 91.

Bibliography

Classic Sources

Modern Sources

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