Battle of Tifernum, 297 BC ⚔️ Struggle for the mastery of Italy ⚔️ Third Samnite War (Part 1)

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🚩 The Battle of Tifernum (297 BC) was an important battle of the Third Samnite War, fought between the Romans and the Samnites near the modern town of Città di Castello in central Italy. The outcome of this clash would lead to the decisive Battle of Sentinum in 295 BC...

📢 Narrated by David McCallion

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EpidemicSound
Filmstro

📚 Sources:
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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[HistoryMarche]

🚩PLAYLIST:
🚩 The Battle of Tifernum (297 BC) was an important battle of the Third Samnite War, fought between the Romans and the Samnites near the modern town of Città di Castello in central Italy. The outcome of this clash would lead to the decisive Battle of Sentinum in 295 BC...

[brettstarks]

What fascinates me is how the Roman war machine never missed a beat. Despite losses in the Samnite War, they went on to repel Pyrrhus shortly after. Then Carthage twice, then Macedon, the Seleucid Empire, and so many others. It’s almost like their army had a video game respawn feature.

[justinove]

Fun fact: Scipio Barbatus' sarcophagus was undisturbed until 1780, and the signet ring that was discovered on his finger is now in the possession of the collections of the Dukes of Northumberland. His bones were re-interred near Padua but have since been lost.

[hrk]

I can't believe that the noob square is actually historically accurate.
I sacrifice this comment for the algorithym.

[resileaf]

There really was no one better at learning from their enemies than the Romans. Their ability to take lessons from victory and losses and adapt to every new battlefield condition really was what allowed them to overpower their enemies over time.

[jamiebaker]

Please keep doing these Roman conquers Italy videos.. the initial Italian peninsula conquest is so interesting but very often overlooked

[Reignor]

this was incredibly fun to learn about, please do more on this underrated era

[denniscleary]

It’s been a while since we’ve got some Roman Samnite wars 👍

[blazecraft]

Great work as always expecting Hannibal part 19 soon

[mirycreek]

What ever you pay your voice over guy not enough, he could read a safety pamphlet and still keep you engaged. Coupled with everything you bring to the table, scripts, research, animations, it will be nice to see this be a million+ watch per upload. Keep up the great work.

[ISawABear]

To quote Generation Kill "You're not thinking military dude, bypassing an ambush is exactly what the enemy is expecting!"

[andreascovano]

Amazing video. Btw at 12:38 Valerius the Crow was named because in a duel against a gaul a crow attacked the gaul allowing Valerius to slay him

[JawsOfHistory]

I love that Scipio Barbatus just means, the Scipio with a beard.

[byronwaldron]

Hi all. I co-wrote the episode. If you have any questions, please ask me. A small extra point: I think Fabius Rullianus knew what he was doing. He was enticing the Samnites into launching their ambush against his well-prepared square (agmen quadratum), and had Scipio Barbatus en route to attack them in the rear, effectively ambushing the ambushers. It was clever tactics. Perhaps the Romans suffered considerable casualties too, but that's a guesstimate that has been circulated based on the nature of the fighting, and it may well have been much less costly for the Romans. Indeed, Fabius consistently knew what he was doing, winning at least 16 engagements during the Second Samnite War and at least 11 engagements during the Third Samnite War.

[TetsuShima]

*Fun fact:* One of Rullianus' descendants would be the dictator and general Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, known for his role during the Second Punic Wars

[thephoenixempyre]

Fabius literally ambushed an ambush, that takes superhuman skill


to the folks that read this, its a joke; please react to it like a normal person and move on, no one wants to know what you think

[ScugnizzoDave]

I'm really sorry to point this out, I can only imagine how much work was put in to make this video but the information contained within it is wrong.
The battle of Tifernum was fought between the Romans and the Samnites, who were competing over the southern Italian regions of Campania, Apulia and Molise (Samnium).
Now Livy, the principal source for this battle, makes an error in pinpointing its location, as S. Oakley, in A commentary on Livy (2005) tells us, it is likely that Livy wanted to indicate either the southern Italian Mount Tifernus or river Tifernus which are situated in Samnium, fitting therefore with L's narrative that the roman consuls were moving southwards into Samnium to meet their enemies in battle. Hopefully this can help.
Cheers

[KaptainGonzo]

Great summary. This kind of history, the smaller stepping stones, is wonderful. I'm enjoying the content.

[FindtheEdgeOfficial]

This is going to be a great series. Such important ancient history that only .001% of the population knows about

[danielechebarria]

Excellent! Please keep doing these Roman Republic wars/battles.