The Collapse of Rome: Marius, Sulla and the First Civil War (91-70 BC) by Gareth C. Sampson

Author:Gareth C. Sampson [Gareth C. Sampson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00

Unnamed Battle

Unfortunately for Marcius, these eight legions were ambushed by Pompeius. Appian preserves some details of the battle:

Pompeius fell upon them from ambush in a defile, defeated them, killed a large number, and surrounded the remainder on a hill. Marcius made his escape, leaving his fires burning. His army blamed him for being caught in an ambush and stirred up an angry mutiny. One whole legion marched off under their standards to Ariminum without orders. The rest separated and went home in squads, so that only seven cohorts remained with their general. Marcius, having made a mess of it in this way, returned to Carbo.⁶⁹

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