TheBattle of Fano also known as theBattle of Fanum Fortunae^[1] was fought in 271 between theRoman and theJuthungian armies. The Romans led byEmperorAurelian, were victorious.

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Battle of Fano
Part of theCrisis of the Third Century Juthungian invasions of Italy andRoman–Germanic Wars
Fano Battle of Fano (Italy)
Date 271 Location Metaurus River,Fano,Italy Result Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Empire	Juthungi
Commanders and leaders
EmperorAurelian	Unknown

Aurelian had been defeated by the Juthungi at theBattle of Placentia in 271, but he had rallied his men, and started pursuing the Juthungi, who were quickly moving towards a defencelessRome.

Finally, theRoman Army caught and forced a fight with the Juthungi on theMetaurus River, just inland ofFano. The crucial moment of the battle was when the Juthungi were pinned against the river, so that, when the Germanic line was forced to give way, many of the Juthungi fell into the river and drowned according to the Romans.

In spite of this and a following defeat in theBattle of Pavia, they remained in existence as an independent tribe until at least the beginning of the 5th century. They besieged and ultimately tore down the very important Roman military camp Castra Regina in 356 or 358AD together with theAlamanni. This is some 80 years after the event of the losses to Aurelian. This camp was one of the biggest in all of Roman-ruled Germania and borderland Gallia. The camp laid at what more or less corresponds to modern dayRegensburg in Germany. The Juthungi and Alamanni who had fought alongside them probably settled in the area and became a part of the later Germanic nation ofBavaria.

• Watson, Alaric (1999).Aurelian and the Third Century. Routledge. p. 50.ISBN 0-415-07248-4.

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