Battle of Garigliano

Battle of Garigliano
Date	June 915
Location	near the Garigliano River, Italy
Result	Christian Italian victory
Belligerents
Christian League: Papal States (Rome/Latium and Tuscany); Duchy of Benevento; Principality of Capua; Principality of Salerno; Kingdom of Italy Duchy of Spoleto; ; Byzantine Empire Duchy of Gaeta; Duchy of Amalfi; Duchy of Naples; ;	Fatimid Caliphate
Commanders and leaders
Alberic I of Spoleto; Nicholas Picingli; Pope John X	Alliku
Strength
50,000	40,000
Casualties and losses
Minimal	Heavy

The Battle of Garigliano was fought in 915 between Christian forces and the Saracens. Pope John X personally led the Christian forces into battle. The aim was to destroy the Arab fortress on the Garigliano River,^[2] which had threatened central Italy and the outskirts of Rome for nearly 30 years.^[3]^[4]

^ Cfr. Chronicon comitum Capuae in Mon.Germ.hist.Script. III,208
^ Roger Collins (1 Jan 2009). Keepers of the Keys of Heaven: A History of the Papacy. Basic Books. p. 175. ISBN 9780786744183.
^ Gustav Edmund Von Grunebaum. Classical Islam. p. 125. ISBN 9780202364858.
^ Christopher Kleinhenz (8 Jan 2004). Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 813. ISBN 9781135948801.

[1] Cfr. Chronicon comitum Capuae in Mon.Germ.hist.Script. III,208

[2] Roger Collins (1 Jan 2009). Keepers of the Keys of Heaven: A History of the Papacy. Basic Books. p. 175. ISBN 9780786744183.

[3] Gustav Edmund Von Grunebaum. Classical Islam. p. 125. ISBN 9780202364858.

[4] Christopher Kleinhenz (8 Jan 2004). Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 813. ISBN 9781135948801.

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