Battle of Tifernum, 297 BC Struggle for the mastery of Italy Third Samnite War (Part 1)

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The Battle of Tifernum (297 BC) was an important battle of the Third Samnite War, fought between the Romans and the Samnites near the modern town of Città di Castello in central Italy. The outcome of this clash would lead to the decisive Battle of Sentinum in 295 BC…

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Research and Writing by Dr.Byron Waldron of Sydney University, Australia. He recently published a book titled “Dynastic Politics in the Age of Diocletian, AD 284-311”. It’s an excellent read: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-dynastic-politics-in-the-age-of-diocletian-ad-284-311.html

Narrated by David McCallion

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Sources:
Cassius Dio, Roman History
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History
Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities
Frontinus, Stratagems
Livy, From the Founding of the City
Polybius, Histories
Zonaras, Epitome of Histories
Bradley, G. 2020: Early Rome to 290 BC: The Beginnings of the City and the Rise of the Republic, Edinburgh.
Cornell, T. 2017: ‘The “Samnite Wars,” 343-290 BC, in M. Whitby & H. Sidebottom (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Ancient Battles, Malden MA, Oxford & Chichester, West Sussex, 2.469-479.
Forsyth, G. 2006: A Critical History of Early Rome: From Prehistory to the First Punic War, Berkeley.
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