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First Samnite War (343-341 BC)

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Battle Remarks Ancient sources
Battle of Mount Gaurus (343 BC) The Roman consul M. Valerius Corvus routed the Samnites near Mount Gaurus in Campania Livy 7.32-33, 37-38; Dionys. Hal. 15.3; Appian, Samn. 1; Auct. Vir. Ill. 26

Scientific literature:

  • E.T. Salmon (1967). Samnium and the Samnites. Cambridge U.P. pp. 196, 198–201.
Battle of Saticula (343 BC) The Roman consul A. Cornelius Cossus Arvina was ambushed by the Samnites near the Samnite stronghold of Saticula, but was extricated from a dangerous situation by P. Decius Mus Livy 7.33, 34-37, 38; Frontinus, Strategemata 1.5.14; 4.5.9; Auct. Vir. Ill. 26

Scientific literature:

  • E.T. Salmon (1967). Samnium and the Samnites. Cambridge U.P. p. 196.
Battle of Suessula (343 BC) The Roman consul M. Valerius Corvus defeated the Samnites near Suessula Livy 7.32-33, 37-38; Dionys. Hal. 15.3; Appian, Samn. 1; Auct. Vir. Ill. 26

Scientific literature:

  • E.T. Salmon (1967). Samnium and the Samnites. Cambridge U.P. p. 196.

Livy reports no fighting in 342. The Romans renewed their attack in 341, when the consul L. Aemilius Mamercinus invaded Samnium. The Samnites sent envoys to Rome to negotiate, and the peace treaty of 354 was renewed (Livy 8.1, 2).