Key facts

Year	342 BC	Wikidata P585 (point in time)
Era	Ancient (before 500)	derived from year
Location	Italy	Natural Earth (modern borders)
Continent	Europe	Natural Earth
War / conflict	Battles of the first Samnite War, First War of the Samnites	Wikidata P361
Participants	Ancient Rome	Wikidata P710
Coordinates	40.8486, 14.0536	Wikidata P625

About the battle

The Battle of Mount Gaurus, 343 BC, was the first battle of the First Samnite War and also the first battle fought between the Roman Republic and the Samnites. The battle is described by the Roman historian Livy (59 BC – AD 17) as part of Book Seven of his history of Rome, Ab Urbe Condita Libri, where he narrates how the Roman consul Marcus Valerius Corvus won a hard-fought battle against the Samnites at Mount Gaurus, near Cumae, in Campania. Modern historians however believe that most, if not all, of the detail in Livy's description has been invented by him or his sources.

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