Battle of Populonia

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Battle of Populonia

Part of the Roman-Etruscan wars

Date	282 BC
Location	Populonia, Italy
Result	Roman victory

Belligerents

Roman Republic

Etruscans

The Battle of Populonia was fought in 282 BC between the Roman Republic and the Etruscans.^[1] The Etruscans and Gauls were in revolt against Rome.^[2] The Romans were victorious, and the Etruscan threat to Rome sharply diminished after this battle.

v t e Etruscan civilization
History	Origins Villanovan culture Padanian Etruria Founding of Rome Tyrrhenus Tyrrhenians Tarchon Aulus Vibenna Caelius Vibenna Capys Lucius Tarquinius Priscus Tanaquil Servius Tullius Lucius Tarquinius Superbus Arruns Tarquinius (son of Tarquin the Proud) Lars Porsena Lars Tolumnius Titus Vestricius Spurinna
Culture and society	Apollo of Veii Architecture Art Chimera of Arezzo Coins Corpus Speculorum Etruscorum Etruscan League Etruscan names for Greek heroes Tiburtine Sibyl Fanum Voltumnae Haruspex/Extispicy Jewelry Lausus Liver of Piacenza Mezentius Monterozzi necropolis Mythological figures Persius Poppilia Raeti Religion Sarcophagus of the Spouses Tages Terracotta warriors Titus Larcius Tomb of the Roaring Lions Vegoia Vulca
Military history	Battle of Alalia (540 BC–535 BC) Siege of Rome (509 BC) Siege of Rome (508 BC) Battle of the Cremera (477 BC) Battle of Cumae (474 BC) Battle of Fidenae (437 BC) Capture of Fidenae (435 BC) Battle of Veii (c. 396 BC) Battle of Lake Vadimo (310 BC) Battle of Populonia (282 BC) Roman-Etruscan Wars
Language	Alphabet Cippus Perusinus Corpus Inscriptionum Etruscarum Liber Linteus Pyrgi Tablets Raetic language Lemnian language Tabula Capuana Tabula Cortonensis Tyrsenian languages English words of Etruscan origin
Archeology	Bucchero Cuniculi Etruscology Impasto (pottery) Monteleone Chariot National Etruscan Museum Negau helmet Portonaccio Tomb of Orcus Tumulus of Montefortini Vicus Tuscus
Key sites	Acquarossa Adria Aleria Baratti Bologna Caere Ceri Cerveteri Civita di Bagnoregio Clusium Cumae Etruria Falerii Fescennia Fidenae Norchia Orvieto Perusia Poggio Colla Populonia Pyrgi Rusellae San Giovenale Spina Tarquinia Tuscania Veii Vetulonia Vie Cave Volsinii Volterra Vulci
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References

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^ Salmon, E. T. (January 1935). "Rome's Battles with Etruscans and Gauls in 284-282 B.C." Classical Philology. 30 (1): 23–31. doi:10.1086/361805. ISSN 0009-837X. S2CID 161639309.
^ Brice, Lee L. (2014-04-21). Warfare in the Roman Republic: From the Etruscan Wars to the Battle of Actium: From the Etruscan Wars to the Battle of Actium. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-61069-299-1.

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