Battle of Mount Tifata

Battle of Mount Tifata
	Part of Sulla's Second Civil War
	; Sulla Coin
Date	November 83 BC
Location	near Mount Tifata41°3′57.110″N 14°10′12.050″E / 41.06586389°N 14.17001389°E
Result	Sullan victory
Belligerents
Optimates	Populares
Commanders and leaders
Lucius Cornelius Sulla	Gaius Norbanus
Strength
40,000	60,000
Casualties and losses
124 killed	7.000 killed ; 6.000 captured
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Italy

The Battle of Mount Tifata was fought in 83 BC as part of

Sulla's Second Civil War.^[1]

History

It was fought in the foothills of Mount Tifata,

Velleius claims Norbanus attacked Sulla.^[1] As an army under Scipio was currently moving to support Norbanus it is likely that Sulla attacked Norbanus by surprise before he could link up with Scipio.^[1] In total Scipio's and Norbanus’ armies numbered 100,000 as compared to at most 40,000 under Sulla.^[1] At Mount Tifata, Sulla had the bulk of his army with him, while Norbanus commanded 60,000 men (the rest were with Scipio). Sulla was victorious.^[1]^[2]

References

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OCLC 893910287.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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^ ^a ^b Beesley, A. H. (2017). The Gracchi, Marius and Sulla. Pinnacle Press.

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[:1-2] Beesley, A. H. (2017). The Gracchi, Marius and Sulla. Pinnacle Press.

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