Battle of Lake Benacus

Battle of Lake Benacus
Part of the Crisis of the Third Century
Roman–Alamanni conflict
and Roman–Germanic Wars
Lake Garda
Battle of Lake Benacus (Italy)
Date268 or early 269
Location
Lake Benacus, Italy, Roman Empire (present-day Lake Garda, Italy)
Result Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Empire Alamanni
Commanders and leaders
Claudius II
Aurelian		 Unknown
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Heavy

The Battle of Lake Benacus was fought along the banks of Lake Garda in northern Italy, which was known to the Romans as Benacus, in 268 or early 269, between the army under the command of the Roman Emperor Claudius II and the Germanic tribes of the Alamanni and Juthungi.

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