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  2. Roman army mutiny in 342 BC - Wikipedia

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    The backdrop of the first version is the First Samnite War which had broken out in 343 when Rome came to the aid of Capua and the Campanians against the Samnites.According to the ancient writers the Roman consul Marcus Valerius Corvus during that year campaigned in Campania and won two battles against the Samnites, at the Battle of Mount Gaurus and the Battle of Suessula. [2]

  3. Battle of Mutina - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Regio VIII Aemilia, the part of Cisalpine Gaul in which the Mutina campaign was fought. At the start of the War of Mutina in December 44 BC, Mark Antony besieged Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus – the governor of Cisalpine Gaul – in Mutina in an attempt to force him to surrender the province to him in accordance with an illegal law he had passed earlier that year in June. [1]

  4. Mutiny - Wikipedia

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    Mutiny is a revolt among a group of people (typically of a military, of a crew, or of a crew of pirates) to oppose, change, or remove superiors or their orders. The term is commonly used for insubordination by members of the military against an officer or superior, but it can also sometimes mean any type of rebellion against any force.

  5. Battle of Utica (49 BC) - Wikipedia

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    In the confusion of the battle, Curio was urged to take the town before Varus could regroup, but he held himself back, as he did not have the means at hand to undertake an assault of the town. [20] The next day however, he began to form a contravallation of Utica, with the intent of starving the town into submission.

  6. Decimation (punishment) - Wikipedia

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    The discipline was used by senior commanders in the Roman army to punish units or large groups guilty of capital offences, such as cowardice, mutiny, desertion, and insubordination, and for pacification of rebellious legions. The procedure was an attempt to balance the need to punish serious offences with the realities of managing a large group ...

  7. Mercenary War - Wikipedia

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    The Mercenary War, also known as the Truceless War, was a mutiny by troops that were employed by Carthage at the end of the First Punic War (264–241 BC), supported by uprisings of African settlements revolting against Carthaginian control. It lasted from 241 to late 238 or early 237 BC and ended with Carthage suppressing both the mutiny and ...

  8. Mutiny at Sucro - Wikipedia

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    The mutiny at Sucro occurred in 206 BC, during the Second Punic War. [1] [2] [3] A garrison of soldiers established in Iberia by Scipio Africanus grew dissatisfied with their pay, the division of plunder, the long duration of their military service, and shortages of supplies. Receiving word that Scipio was ill, the soldiers mutinied.

  9. Battle of Nieuwpoort - Wikipedia

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    Ambition had grown Mendoza's army to beyond the territory's financial means. As a result, units had not been paid in a long time. Exacerbated by Albert's policy to promote bloodline over merit and to break up new regiments to reinforce older, mutiny had become commonplace.