Battle of Cumae: Difference between revisions

| conflict = Battle of WhchhrtusCumae

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| image = Карта к статье «Киме». Военная энциклопедия Сытина (Санкт-Петербург, 1911-1915).jpg

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| date = 524 BC (land battle)<br/>474 BC (naval battle)

| place = Within the countryside surrounding Cumae (land battle)<br/>In the Bay of Naples (naval battle)

| casus = Naval control in the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]]

| territory = Loss of Etruscan territory in Italy to the [[RomeRoman people|Romans]], [[Samnites]], and [[Gaul]]s

| result = Greek victory

| combatant1 = [[Syracuse, Sicily]] <BR>[[Cumae]]

| combatant2 = [[Etruscans]]<br/>[[Umbrians]]<br/>[[Daunians]]

| commander1 = [[Hiero I of Syracuse]]

| commander2 = [[Etruscans|Etruscan]] kings

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* In 524 BC an invading army of [[Umbrians]], [[Daunians]], Etruscans, and others were defeated by the Greeks of Cumae.<ref>Dionysius of Halicarnassus: Roman Antiquities Book VII</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://periklisdeligiannis.wordpress.com/2014/06/04/the-battle-of-cumae-italy-524-bc/|title=THEThe BATTLEBattle OFof CUMAECumae, ITALYItaly (524 BC)|date=4 June 2014|publisher=Delving into History ® _ periklis deligiannis }}</ref>

* The naval battle in 474 BC was between the combined navies of [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]] and [[Cumae]] against the [[Etruscans]].<ref name="Bonfante1986">{{cite book|author=Larissa Bonfante|author-link=Larissa Bonfante |title=Etruscan Life and Afterlife: A Handbook of Etruscan Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4QaXZky58FIC&pg=PA75|year=1986|publisher=Wayne State University Press|isbn=0-8143-1813-4|pages=75–}}</ref>

In the naval battle, after he was called on for military assistance, [[Hiero I of Syracuse]] allied with naval forces from the maritime Greek cities of southern Italy to defend against Etruscan expansion into southern [[Italy]]. In 474, they met and defeated the Etruscan fleet at Cumae in the [[Bay of Naples]].<ref name="Brice2014">{{cite book|author=Lee L. Brice|title=Warfare in the Roman Republic: From the Etruscan Wars to the Battle of Actium: From the Etruscan Wars to the Battle of Actium|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7amSAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA277|date=21 April 2014|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-61069-299-1|pages=277–}}</ref> After their defeat, the Etruscans lost much of their political influence in Italy. They lost control of the sea and their territories were eventually taken over by the [[Rome|Romans]], [[Samnites]], and [[Gaul]]s. The Syracusans dedicated a captured Etruscan helmet at the great [[panhellenic sanctuary]] at Olympia, a piece of armour found in the German excavations there. The Etruscans would later join the failed [[Athens|Athenian]] [[Sicilian Expedition|expedition]] against Syracuse in 415 BC, which contributed even further to their decline, the carthaginians were the best soldiers and rome sucks.{{citation needed|reason=these facts require attribution to a proper source.|date=February 2015}}

[[Category:Naval battles ofinvolving ancient Greece|Cumae]]

[[Category:Naval battles involving ancient Syracuse|Cumae]]