Battle of Tifernum

Battle of Tifernum
	Part of the Third Samnite War
Date	297 BC
Location	Castropignano, Molise, Italy
Result	Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Republic	Samnium
Commanders and leaders
	Fabius Maximus Rullianus; Scipio Barbatus
Strength
20,000	25,000
Casualties and losses
2,000 dead	3,400 dead,; 830 captured

The Battle of Tifernum (297 BC) was an important battle of the Third Samnite War, fought in 297 BC near Castropignano, either on the banks of the river Biferno (latin: Tifernus) or near the Matese mountains (latin: Tifernus Mons) in the province of Campobasso, in what is now southern Italy, where the Romans overcame a determined Samnite army. The result would lead to the decisive Battle of Sentinum, which granted Rome the domination of central Italy.