Sentinum , ancient town of Umbria, E central Italy, near the modern town of Sassoferrato. In 295 BC the Romans (led by Publius Decius Mus) defeated the Gauls and the Samnites there. It was the most important battle in the Roman conquest of Italy.
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Italy before the Romans.
National Geographic; 1/1/2005; Zwingle, Erla; 5142 words;
... WARS AGAINTS ROMAN EXPANSION Battle of Sentinum: Rome defeats Samnite alliance (295 ... groups, and met the Romans on the field at Sentinum, near today's Sassoferrato in the Marches ... won. The peninsula was theirs to rule. Sentinum is one of history's great what-ifs--especially ...
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Newlyweds in Italy
Chicago Sun-Times; 7/16/2006; Carolyn See; 824 words;
... League rebels against the war machine of Sulla's legions at Sentinum; Di Pietro nowadays, battering at the tawdry gilt fortress ... of the "he" who is lecturing Nick about "Sulla's legions at Sentinum"? There is a plot, though, and it turns out to be as ancient ...
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Not So Innocent Abroad
The Washington Post; 6/30/2006; Carolyn See; 838 words;
... League rebels against the war machine of Sulla's legions at Sentinum; Di Pietro nowadays, battering at the tawdry gilt fortress ... of the "he" who is lecturing Nick about "Sulla's legions at Sentinum"? There is a plot, though, and it turns out to be as ancient ...
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The Famous Gilded Bronzes of Pergola
Antiques & Collecting Magazine; 5/1/2008; Mason, Mary Willan; 1190 words;
... wealthy stock of Dominizi Enobarbi and the relationship through adoption between Marco Satrio, senator and probable patron of Sentinum, and Lucio Minucio Basilo, Julius Caesar's lieutenant and future assassin." The tranquility of the burial site, layered piece ...
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