Battle of Sentinum

Battle of Sentinum
	Part of the Third Samnite War
Date	295 BC
Location	Sentinum (now near Sassoferrato, Marche, Italy)
Result	Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Republic	Samnium; Senone Gauls
Commanders and leaders
Publius Decius Mus †; Fabius Maximus Rullianus	Gellius Egnatius †
Strength
4 legions (18,000-24,000 Romans); c. 20,000 allied troopsTotal: c. 40,000 men	Total: Nearly 80,000 men; ; ; Participated in Battle: c. 40,000 men
Casualties and losses
8,700 killed	25,000 killed; 8,000 captured

The Battle of Sentinum was the decisive battle of the Third Samnite War, fought in 295 BC near Sentinum (next to the modern town of Sassoferrato, in the Marches, region of Italy), in which the Romans overcame a formidable coalition of Samnites, Etruscans, and Umbrians and Senone Gauls. The Romans won a decisive victory that broke up the tribal coalition (the Etruscans, Umbrians, and Senones pulled out of the war) and paved the way for the Romans' complete victory over the Samnites. The Romans involved in the battle of Sentinum were commanded by consuls Publius Decius Mus and Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus.

^ Livy, The History of Rome, 10,27; Livy stated that after the Etruscans and Umbrians had left the allies had a comparable force to the Romans.

[1] Livy, The History of Rome, 10,27; Livy stated that after the Etruscans and Umbrians had left the allies had a comparable force to the Romans.

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