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Battle of Lake Benacus

Battle during the Imperial Crisis and the Roman–Germanic wars (268/269)

Summary

Battle during the Imperial Crisis and the Roman–Germanic wars (268/269)

Field	Value
conflict	Battle of Lake Benacus
partof	the Crisis of the Third Century
Roman–Alamanni conflict
and Roman–Germanic Wars
width	300px
float	center
label	Lake Garda
pos	right
marksize	8
lat_deg	45.633333
lon_deg	10.666667
date	268 or early 269
place	Lake Benacus, Italy, Roman Empire (present-day Lake Garda, Italy)
result	Roman victory
combatant1	Roman Empire
combatant2	Alamanni
commander1	Claudius II
Aurelian
commander2	Unknown
strength1	Unknown
strength2	Unknown
casualties1	Unknown
casualties2	Heavy

Roman–Alamanni conflict and Roman–Germanic Wars Aurelian

The Battle of Lake Benacus was fought along the banks of Lake Garda in northern Italy, which was known to the Romans as Benacus, in 268 or early 269, between the army under the command of the Roman Emperor Claudius II and the Germanic tribes of the Alamanni and Juthungi.

Background

Ιn 268, the Alamanni, who had been making incursions into Roman territory since the reign of Marcus Aurelius, had broken through the Roman frontier at the Danube and crossed the Alps. The power struggles in Mediolanum due to Aureolus' revolt, the murder of Emperor Gallienus and the resulting confrontation between Aureolus and Claudius, who had been nominated as emperor by Gallienus on his death bed, forced the Romans to denude the frontier of troops.

Battle

Details of the battle are unknown, but future Emperor Aurelian was present at the battle. After what was described as a decisive victory, Claudius assumed the title Germanicus Maximus. Much of the German force was slaughtered on the field with the remainder retreating beyond the bounds of the Empire.

Aftermath

Claudius returned to Rome after the battle to attend to affairs of state. before their ultimate defeat in the Battle of Fano.

References

Watson, Alaric (1999). ''Aurelian and the Third Century'', Routledge, 1999, {{ISBN. 0-415-30187-4. p. 43
A'Beckett, William. (1836). "A Universal Biography". Isaac, Tuckey, and Company.
Bathurst, C.. (1780). "An Universal History: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Part 1, Volume 14".
Jacques, Tony. (2007). "Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O". Greenwood.

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