Battle of Mount Algidus

Battle of Mount Algidus
Part of the Roman-Italic Wars
Surroundings of Rome in Antiquity
Date 458 BC Location Mount Algidus, near Rome 41°43′23.002″N 12°46′9.998″E / 41.72305611°N 12.76944389°E / 41.72305611; 12.76944389 Result Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Republic	Aequi
Commanders and leaders
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, Lucius Minucius Esquilinus Augurinus	Cloelius Gracchus
class=notpageimage| Location within Italy

The Battle of Mount Algidus was fought in 458 BC, between the Roman Republic and the Aequi, near Mount Algidus in Latium. The Roman dictator Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus turned an expected Roman defeat into an important victory.