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Battle of Fano

Part of the Roman-Alamanni conflict

Date	January 271
Location	on the Metaurus River near Fano
Result	Roman victory

Belligerents

Alamanni

Roman Empire

Commanders

Aurelian

The Battle of Fano - also known as the Battle of Fanum Fortunae^[1] - was fought in January 271 between the Roman Empire and the Alamanni. Events By Place Roman Empire The Goths are forced to withdraw across the Danube. The Metauro (in Latin Metaurus or Mataurus, in Ancient greek Mètauros, Μεταυρος) is a River of This article is about the Italian town For the Danish island see Fanø. The Alamanni, Allemanni, or Alemanni were originally an alliance of Germanic tribes located around the upper Main river ( Germany The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial Lucius Domitius Aurelianus ( September 9, 214 or 215 &ndashSeptember or October 275 known in English as Aurelian, Roman Emperor (270&ndash275 Events By Place Roman Empire The Goths are forced to withdraw across the Danube. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial The Alamanni, Allemanni, or Alemanni were originally an alliance of Germanic tribes located around the upper Main river ( Germany The Romans were led by Emperor Aurelian, and they were victorious. Lucius Domitius Aurelianus ( September 9, 214 or 215 &ndashSeptember or October 275 known in English as Aurelian, Roman Emperor (270&ndash275

Aurelian had been defeated by the Alamanni at the Battle of Placentia in January 271, but he had rallied his men, and started pursuing the Alamanni, who were quickly moving towards a defenceless Rome. The Battle of Placentia was fought in January 271 between a Roman army led by Emperor Aurelian and the Alamanni (actually the Juthungi tribe Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Finally, the Roman Army caught and forced a fight with the Alamanni on the Metaurus River, just inland of Fano. The Roman army was a set of military forces employed by the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and later Roman Empire as part of the Roman military The Metauro (in Latin Metaurus or Mataurus, in Ancient greek Mètauros, Μεταυρος) is a River of This article is about the Italian town For the Danish island see Fanø. The crucial moment of the battle was when the Alamanni got pinned against the river, so that, when the Germanic line was forced to give way, many Alamanni fell in the river and drowned.

References

^ Michael Grant, The History of Rome, p. 285

Bibliography

Watson, Alaric (1999). Aurelian and the Third Century. Routledge, p. 50. ISBN 0-415-07248-4.

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