Battle of Beneventum (275 BC)

For The first battle of the Second Punic War with the same name, see Battle of Beneventum (214 BC). For the second battle of the Second Punic War with the same name, see Battle of Beneventum (212 BC).
Battle of Beneventum
Part of the Pyrrhic War
Date275 BC
Location
Beneventum (modern Benevento), Campania, Italy
41°08′N 14°47′E / 41.133°N 14.783°E / 41.133; 14.783
Result Stalemate
Belligerents
Roman Republic Epirus
Commanders and leaders
Manius Curius Dentatus Pyrrhus of Epirus
Strength
20,000-25,000 (modern estimates) 20,000 (Plutarch)
~40,000 (modern estimates)
At least 10 elephants
Casualties and losses
Unknown 2 elephants killed
8 elephants captured
Heavy losses among troops
Location within modern Italy

The Battle of Beneventum (275 BC) was the last battle of the Pyrrhic War. It was fought near Beneventum, in southern Italy, between the forces of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus in Greece, and the Romans, led by consul Manius Curius Dentatus. The result was a strategic Roman victory and Pyrrhus was forced to return to Tarentum, and later to Epirus.

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