Battle of Forum Gallorum

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ancient battle battle

The Battle of Forum Gallorum was a key engagement in 43 BC during the Roman civil wars, in which forces loyal to the Senate under consuls Hirtius and Pansa clashed with Mark Antony near Mutina in northern Italy.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Forum Gallorum canonical	1
battle of Busta Gallorum	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle at Forum Gallorum NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Mark Antony NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
casualties	heavy on both sides ⓘ
combatantSide	forces loyal to Mark Antony ⓘ forces loyal to the Senate ⓘ
commander	Aulus Hirtius NERFINISHED ⓘ Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Antony NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Roman civil wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	14 April 43 BC ⓘ
era	post‑Caesarian civil wars ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Mutina NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicalContext	via Aemilia NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late Roman Republic ⓘ
involves	Roman consular armies ⓘ veteran legions of Mark Antony ⓘ
killedCommander	Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Forum Gallorum NERFINISHED ⓘ near Mutina ⓘ northern Italy ⓘ
notableParticipant	Octavian (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus) NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposingObjective	Mark Antony’s effort to maintain siege of Mutina ⓘ
outcome	Antony’s advance toward Mutina checked ⓘ
partOf	War of Mutina NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalContext	power struggle after assassination of Julius Caesar ⓘ
precededBy	siege of Mutina (ongoing) NERFINISHED ⓘ
primarySource	Appian’s Civil Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Cassius Dio’s Roman History NERFINISHED ⓘ Letters of Cicero NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Liberators’ civil war NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Triumvirate NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	strategic setback for Mark Antony ⓘ tactical indecisive outcome ⓘ
significance	helped pave the way for the rise of Octavian ⓘ key engagement in the Mutina campaign ⓘ
strategicObjective	relief of Decimus Brutus at Mutina ⓘ
tacticalFeature	ambush and counter‑attack sequence ⓘ marshy terrain ⓘ
year	43 BC ⓘ

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Subject: Battle of Forum Gallorum
Description of subject: The Battle of Forum Gallorum was a key engagement in 43 BC during the Roman civil wars, in which forces loyal to the Senate under consuls Hirtius and Pansa clashed with Mark Antony near Mutina in northern Italy.

Referenced by (2)

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Mutina campaign → conflict → Battle of Forum Gallorum ⓘ

Justinianic Wars → significantEvent → Battle of Forum Gallorum ⓘ

this entity surface form: battle of Busta Gallorum