- The
Battle of
Tifernum (297 BC) was an
important battle of the
Third Samnite War,
fought in 297 BC near Castropignano,
either on the
banks of the river...
- into the ****ta
Regio of
Roman Italy. The
Romans knew it as
Tifernum Tiberinum ("
Tifernum on the Tiber").
Nearby Pliny the
Younger built his
villa in...
-
country the
Samnites were
hoping to
catch them in an
ambush in a
valley at
Tifernum (Samniti****).
Stationing a
force there to
entice the
Romans they hid their...
-
Fabius was
consul for the
fourth time in 297 BC,
defeating the
Samnites at
Tifernum by
sending part of his line
around the
hills behind the enemy. In 296 BC...
- came from Umbria,
including at
least three from the town of
Tifernum Tiberinum,
Tifernum on the Tiber.
Unless the town was
named after the
Tifernia gens...
- Metauro, Peglio, Piandimeleto,
Urbania and Urbino. The
ancient Roman city of
Tifernum Mataurense which lies
underneath Sant'Angelo in Vado
became a municipium...
- Rulli****
defeats an
attempted ambush by the
Samnite army in the
Battle of
Tifernum,
killing 3400,
capturing 830, and
causing the army to flee. He then invades...
-
might be
found in the
names of the city of Tibur, the
Umbrian town of
Tifernum, and the
Samnite river Tifernus.
Dionysius of Halicarn****us
Roman Antiquities...
- the same root may have
connected the city of Tibur, the
Umbrian town of
Tifernum, and the
mountain and
river in
Samnium known as Tifernus. The Etruscan...
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captured the
Samnite cities of
Bojano and
Castel di Sangro. 297 BC
Battle of
Tifernum: A
Roman army
defeated a
numerically superior Samnite force at Città di...
