Battle of Isonzo (489)

Battle of Isonzo
	Part of the Roman-Germanic wars
Date	28 August 489 CE
Location	Isonzo, near Aquileia, modern Italy
Result	Ostrogothic victory
Belligerents
Heruls; Scirians	Ostrogoths; Rugians
Commanders and leaders
Odoacer	Theodoric the Great
Strength
20,000	10,000
Casualties and losses
unknown	unknown

The Battle of the Isonzo, the Battle of the Aesontius, or the Battle of the Isontius, is the name given to the battle fought on August 28, 489, on the banks of the Isontius River, not far away from Aquileia. This river is now known as the Isonzo in Italian, and Soča in Slovene.

Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, in 489 opened his first campaign against Odoacer to wrest Italy from him. On 28 August, the two armies met on the banks of the Isontius. Theodoric defeated Odoacer, who retreated. A second battle was fought at Verona.^[1]

^ History of the Goths. University of California Press. 1990. ISBN 9780520069831. Retrieved 5 April 2012.

[1] History of the Goths. University of California Press. 1990. ISBN 9780520069831. Retrieved 5 April 2012.

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