The article examines the recent proposal advanced by Giulio Firpo about the placement of Sentinum and the battle fought there in 295. In his opinion, the battle was fought near Piano del Sentino, at Rapolano (Siena). His arguments concern the presence of galatomachies in the area of Clusium, of the Etruscan sentinate family, and of philological problems in Livy, together with general considerations on oral transmission for the Roman historical tradition and on Roman colonisation. Firpo’s hypothesis cannot be accepted, but it has the indisputable merit of pointing out the existence of an otherwise unknown Etruscan settlement, *Sentinum. The battle of Sentinum remains firmly in the modern Sassoferrato (Ancona).
The battle of Sentinum (295BC). Its location in a recent hypothesis / Morelli, Davide. - In: RIVISTA DI FILOLOGIA E DI ISTRUZIONE CLASSICA. - ISSN 0035-6220. - 151:1(2023), pp. 88-103. [10.1484/J.RFIC.5.135631]
The battle of Sentinum (295BC). Its location in a recent hypothesis
DAVIDE MORELLI
2023
Abstract
The article examines the recent proposal advanced by Giulio Firpo about the placement of Sentinum and the battle fought there in 295. In his opinion, the battle was fought near Piano del Sentino, at Rapolano (Siena). His arguments concern the presence of galatomachies in the area of Clusium, of the Etruscan sentinate family, and of philological problems in Livy, together with general considerations on oral transmission for the Roman historical tradition and on Roman colonisation. Firpo’s hypothesis cannot be accepted, but it has the indisputable merit of pointing out the existence of an otherwise unknown Etruscan settlement, *Sentinum. The battle of Sentinum remains firmly in the modern Sassoferrato (Ancona).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
