Battle of Beneventum (275 BC)

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Battle of Beneventum
Part of the Pyrrhic War
Date 275 BC Location Beneventum (modern Benevento), Campania, Italy 41°08′N 14°47′E / 41.133°N 14.783°E / 41.133; 14.783 Result Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Republic	Epirus
Commanders and leaders
Manius Curius Dentatus	Pyrrhus
Strength
17,000 infantry 1,200 cavalry	20,000 infantry 3,000 cavalry 20 elephants
Casualties and losses
9,000 killed	11,000 killed 2 elephants killed 8 elephants captured
class=notpageimage| Location within modern Italy

The Battle of Beneventum (275 BC) was the last battle of the Pyrrhic War. It was fought near Beneventum, in southern Italy, between the forces of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus in Greece, and the Romans, led by consul Manius Curius Dentatus. The result was a Roman victory (possibly strategic) and Pyrrhus was forced to return to Tarentum, and later to Epirus.^[1]