Battle of Mount Gaurus

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Battle of Mount Gaurus
Part of The First Samnite War
Map showing the location of Mount Gaurus, labelled Gauro on the map
Date 343/339 BC[note 1] Location Mount Gaurus, near Cumae, Italy 40°50′55.000″N 14°3′13.000″E / 40.84861111°N 14.05361111°E / 40.84861111; 14.05361111 Result Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Republic	Samnium
Commanders and leaders
Marcus Valerius Corvus	unknown
Strength
unknown	unknown
Casualties and losses
unknown	unknown
class=notpageimage| Location within Italy

The Battle of Mount Gaurus, 343 BC,^{[note 1]} was the first battle of the First Samnite War and also the first battle fought between the Roman Republic and the Samnites. The battle is described by the Roman historian Livy (59 BC – AD 17) as part of Book Seven of his history of Rome, Ab Urbe Condita Libri, where he narrates how the Roman consul Marcus Valerius Corvus won a hard-fought battle against the Samnites at Mount Gaurus, near Cumae, in Campania. Modern historians however believe that most, if not all, of the detail in Livy's description has been invented by him or his sources.
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