Battle of Placentia - Citizendia

Battle of Placentia

Part of the Roman-Alamanni conflict

Date	January 271
Location	near modern Piacenza
Result	Alamanni victory

Belligerents

Alamanni

Roman Empire

Commanders

Aurelian

The Battle of Placentia was fought in January 271 between a Roman army led by Emperor Aurelian and the Alamanni (actually the Juthungi tribe), near modern Piacenza. Events By Place Roman Empire The Goths are forced to withdraw across the Danube. Piacenza ( Placentia in Latin and old-fashioned English, Piasëinsa in the local dialect of Emiliano-Romagnolo) is a 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 Lucius Domitius Aurelianus ( September 9, 214 or 215 &ndashSeptember or October 275 known in English as Aurelian, Roman Emperor (270&ndash275 The Alamanni, Allemanni, or Alemanni were originally an alliance of Germanic tribes located around the upper Main river ( Germany The Juthungi (German Juthungen, Greek Iouthungi, Latine Iuthungi) were an Alemannic Tribe in the region north of the rivers Piacenza ( Placentia in Latin and old-fashioned English, Piasëinsa in the local dialect of Emiliano-Romagnolo) is a

The Alamanni had invaded Italia, counting on the absence of the Roman Army, and sacked the city of Placentia. Italia, under the Roman Republic and later Empire, was the name of the Italian peninsula. 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 Emperor Aurelian, who was in Pannonia with an army to control the withdrawal of the Vandals, quickly moved into Italia. Pannonia is an ancient province of the Roman Empire bounded north and east by the Danube, coterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, Despite the Roman's superior technology, the Alamanni surprised their Army with an ambush, and the Emperor was defeated.

The news of this defeat produced great fear in Rome, and the Alamanni continued to move towards the capital, which had grown far beyond its old walls. The Sibylline Books were consulted, and religious ceremonies performed to call for the gods' help. The Sibylline Books or Libri Sibyllini were a collection of oracular utterances set out in Greek Hexameters purchased from a Sibyl The Romans escaped disaster when Emperor Aurelian soundly defeated the Alamanni at the Battle of Fano, leading to great celebration throughout the city. The Battle of Fano - also known as the Battle of Fanum Fortunae - was fought in January 271 between the Roman Empire and the Alamanni.

References

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

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