The ç Mutina i fought on April 21, 43 BCE, between the forces of Mark Antony and the forces of Octavian, Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus and Aulus Hirtius, who are providing aid to Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus besieged by Mark Antony.
The battle takes place a week after the bloody and uncertain Battle of Forum Gallorum ends with heavy losses on both sides and the mortal wounding of consul Vibius Pansa.
The other consul Aulus Hirtius and the young Octavian launch a direct attack on the camps of Mark Antony in order to break the front of encirclement around Mutina (modern day Modena).
The fighting is very fierce and bloody; the Republican troops raid camps but Antony's veterans counterattack; Hirtius the consul is killed in the melee; Octavius personally intervenes and manages to avoid defeat, while Decimus Brutus also participates in the fighting with part of his forces locked in the city.
After the battle, Mark Antony decides to give up the siege and retreats with skill west along the Via Emilia, escaping the enemy forces and reconnecting with reinforcements of his lieutenant Publius Ventidius Basso.
The battle of April 21, 43 BCE ends the brief war of Modena in favor of the Republicans allied with Octavian but soon the situation will change with the formation of the Second Triumvirate of Antony, Octavian and Lepidus.
