Regional456 CE

Battle of Placentia

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Italy

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Placentia (456), part of the Later Roman Wars of Succession. General Ricimer defeated Emperor Avitus.

Belligerents2

General Ricimer
Emperor Avitus

Conflict graph

PART OFFall of the Western Roman Empire

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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