The Battle of Mount Falernus was a battle during the early stages of the Social War. It was a victory for the Italian rebels causing the

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to retreat. The rebels pursued them and besieged them at Firmum. Some have argued that the different accounts of the battle are instead two separate Roman defeats.

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