Battle of Fucine Lake | |||||||
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Part of Social War | |||||||
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Italian rebels | Roman Republic | ||||||
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Lucius Porcius Cato |
The Battle of Fucine Lake was fought in 89 BC between a Roman army and a rebel force during the Social War. Lucius Porcius Cato was the leader of the Roman army at this battle. The consul Porcius Cato was defeated and killed while storming a Marsic camp in winter or early spring.
An slingshot from the presumed battlefield with an inscription in the Venetic language that mentions a Floro Decio attests the presence of Venetian troops at this battle.