naval engagement, major, ancient

Battle of Cumae

Name: Battle of Cumae
Location: Gulf of Naples, Italy

Battle of Cumae was a naval engagement fought in 474 BC at Gulf of Naples, in what is now Italy. The recorded result: Greek victory.

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Битва при Кумах (474 год до нашей эры). Это изображение было использовано для иллюстрирования статьи «Киме» (ныне Кумы) опубликованной в двенадцатом томе «Военной энциклопедии», который был издан книг. «ВЭС». (СПб; 1913 год)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fought474 BC

WhereGulf of Naples, Italy40.849N, 14.054E

OutcomeGreek victory

BelligerentsSyracuse, Sicily; CumaeagainstEtruscans

Record

Date	474 BC (year precision)
Place	Gulf of Naples, Italy 40.849N, 14.054E
Kind	Naval engagement, ancient
Territorial change	Loss of Etruscan territory in Italy to the Romans, Samnites, and Gauls
Commanders	Hiero I of Syracuse

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Mount Gaurus 342 BC, same recorded site
Siege of Cumae AD 552, same recorded site
Battle of Cumae 215 BC, same recorded site
Battle of the Procida Canal 1809, 9.3 km S
Siege of Naples AD 542, 17 km E

Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 474 BC and AD 552.

Battle of Cumae is one of 102 engagements of the 5th century BC in the atlas and one of 1,038 in present-day Italy.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1892581, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Cumae (474 BC), revision 1370437975, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.