Battle of Aquilonia, 293 BC ⚔️ Roman Legion vs Linen Legion ⚔️ Third Samnite War (Part 3)

🚩 I'm happy to share with you the Battle of Aquilonia (293 BC), the final episode of the Third Samnite War series, which saw Rome emerge as the dominant power on the Italian peninsula and began its journey to becoming one of the major power of the ancient world. This video has been long in the making, I hope you enjoy it.

Third Samnite War Playlist:
PART 1 https://youtu.be/FDXWH51IJBY
PART 2 https://youtu.be/yaOXTHkDaJA
PART 3 https://youtu.be/PauHzCCe2J0

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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

🎼 Music:
EpidemicSound.com
Filmstro

📚 Sources:
Le Mura Megalitiche: Il Lazio meridionale tra storia e mito - Viviana Fontana (2016)
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.
Oakley, S. P. 1997-2005: A Commentary on Livy, Books VI-X, Oxford.

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