The Battle of Picenum was one of the major battles of the Third Servile War, between the slave army of Spartacus and the combined consular forces of the...

the Battle of Picenum somewhere in the Picenum region and were defeated again. Appian claims that at this point Spartacus changed his intention of marching...

Their territory, known as Picenum, therefore included all of today's Marche and the northern part of Abruzzo. The limits of Picenum depend on the era; during...

slave revolt suppressed. 73 BC – Battle of Mount Vesuvius – Spartacus defeats Gaius Claudius Glaber 72 BC – Battle of Picenum – Slave Revolt led by Spartacus...

Fermo (Italian: [ˈfermo] ; ancient: Firmum Picenum) is a town and comune of the Marche, Italy, in the Province of Fermo. Fermo is on a hill, the Sabulo, elevation...

battle of Ancona. The attack was part of an Allied operation to gain access to a seaport closer to the Gothic Line in order to shorten their lines of...

needed. However, when the Romans partitioned the formerly-Celtic territory of Picenum in 234 BC, they created resentment among its neighbours, the Boii and...

failure at the Battle of Gergovia and abandoned the siege, hoping to join up with the legions that Ventidius Bassus was bringing from Picenum. Having reconcentrated...

was assassinated by the courtiers of Ptolemy XIII. Pompey was born in Picenum on 29 September 106 BC, eldest son of a provincial noble called Gnaeus Pompeius...

oncoming legions of Gellius. Gathering their shattered forces, both consuls gave chase but were once again defeated at a battle near Picenum. Humiliated by...

town of Cingulum in Picenum. His family was of equestrian status. He most likely had early ties with Pompey during his time as a patron for Picenum and...

oncoming legions of Publicola. Gathering their shattered forces, both consuls gave chase but were once again defeated at a battle near Picenum. Humiliated...

his legions south through Picenum, he was suddenly attacked by a large force of Picentes, Vestini and Marsi. Although the battle favoured neither side, Strabo...

march, moved with great speed" to the ager Gallicus "by way of the Sabine country and Picenum" and laid it to waste. According to Appian: He ravaged them...

veterans and clientelae in Picenum. Lucius Licinius Murena, the Roman governor of Asia, clashes with the Pontic forces of Mithridates VI, starting the...

He received one of the 18 legions enrolled that year to carry out his duties. He was prorogued again and kept the legion in Picenum for the next year...

highly contested Battle of the Colline Gate. Meanwhile, Metellus, the commander of Sulla's northern forces, had been victorious in Picenum and marched down...

proposing the settlement of Roman citizens in the Ager Gallicus Picenus lands around Picenum and Ariminum, made available by Rome's defeat of their previous occupants...

ancient name of two Italian cities: Ascoli Piceno, in ancient Picenum (modern Marche) Ascoli Satriano, in Apulia, South East Italy Battle of Asculum (disambiguation)...

actions, but to no avail. Belisarius even sent one of his best generals, John, with 2,000 men towards Picenum, with orders to avoid conflict but, when ordered...

arrival of three legions from the south, recruited by his capable lieutenant Publius Ventidius Bassus from among Caesar's veterans settled in Picenum. Antony...

He died in Africa right after the Battle of Thapsus in 46 BC. Lucius Afranius was born into a humble family in Picenum. As a Picentine, he was favoured...

Picenum that had been occupied by the Senone Gauls and was conquered by Rome in 284 BC or 283 BC, either after the Battle of Arretium or the Battle of...

(up to the time of Plutarch's writing) to a Roman general of the triumphal ceremony for victory over Parthians. Ventidius was from Picenum. He and his mother...

Pompeius Magnus (Pompey), son of Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo, raised three legions from among his father's veterans in his native Picenum and, defeating and outmanoeuvering...

Gallic region of Picenum. He was captured after the defeat at Telamon (modern Talamone, Tuscany). Aneroëstes escaped with a small group of followers and...

Wars) Battle of Picenum – 72 BC – Third Servile War (Servile Wars) Battle of Mutina (72 BC) – 72 BC – Third Servile War (Servile Wars) Battle of Cantenna...

managed to defeat those of Gnaeus Papirius Carbo after expelling Carbo from Picenum. After expelling Carbo's forces from Picenum, Quintus Caecilius Metellus...

ISBN 0-19-511876-6. By the 260s, few, if any, communities in Etruria, Umbria and Picenum possessed any real independence. The Picentes revolted in 269. Staveley...

kill all military-aged males they came across as they marched through Picenum towards the Adriatic coast, reaching Herita 10 days after leaving Lake...