Battle of Sena Gallica (82 BC)

For similarly titled battles, see Battle of Sena Gallica.

Battle of Sacriporto

Roman coins bearing the image of Gaius Marcius Censorinus.

Date	April, 82 BC
Location	Senigallia, Italia
Result	Optimate Victory

Belligerents

Optimates

Populares

Commanders and leaders

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus

Gaius Marcius Censorinus

Gnaeus Papirius Carbo

Strength

Unknown

Casualties and losses

Unknown

Roman Republican Civil Wars

1st Servile 2nd Servile Social Sulla's 1st Sertorian Sulla's 2nd 3rd Servile Catilinarian conspiracy Caesar's Post-Caesarian Liberators' Sicilian Fulvia's Final

First Civil War of the Roman Republic

Mount Tifata Asio River Sacriporto Sena Gálica Saturnia Glanis River Espolecio 1 Clusium 1 Espolecio 2 Faventia Fidentia Clusium 2 Colline Gate Praeneste Neápolis Utica Norba Caesarina Nola Volterras

The Battle of Sena Gálica was a battle that took place in April or May of 82 BC during the context of Sulla's Second Civil War in the area around present day Senigallia. The battle pitted the Optimates under the command of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, legatus of Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix against the Populares forces commanded by Gaius Marcius Censorinus who was in turn the legatus of Gnaeus Papirius Carbo. The battle resulted in a decisive Optimate victory. Immediately following the battle, the town was subjected to a brutal sacking by Sulla's victorious forces.

Context

Main article: Sulla's Second Civil War

After signing the peace treaty at Dardanos, Sulla returned to Rome with the intention of confronting his other political opponents, the Populares. They were led by Gaius Marius the Younger and by Gnaeus Papirius Carbo. Sulla therefore invaded Italia in 83 BC, routing various Populares armies. Encamping for the winter, both sides made preparations to continue the fighting with the start of the Spring war season when the war became intensified and bloody.

References

Bibliography

Classic Sources

Appian, The Civil Wars, I, 88.
Plutarch, Sulla.

Modern Sources

Rodríguez González, Julio (2005). Diccionario de Batallas de la Historia de Roma (753 a.C. - 476 d.C.) (in Spanish). Madrid: Signifer Libros. ISBN 84-933267-4-7.
Gabba, Emilio (1958). Appiani bellorum civile liber primus (in Italian). Florence: La Nouva Italia, 1958.
Keaveney, Arthur (1982). Sulla: The Last Republican (2nd Revised ed.). London: Routledge, 2005. ISBN 0203022513.
Lovano, Michael (2002). The Age of Cinna: Crucible of Late Republican Rome. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Veralg. ISBN 351507948-3.

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