 The action occurred at Campotenese, a little mountain village in the municipality of Morano Calabro in the north of Calabria.The battle was fought during the War of the Third Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars.Following the decision by King Ferdinand IV of Naples to ally himself with the Austrian Empire, Russian Empire, and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Napoleon's decisive victory over the Allies at the Battle of Austerlitz, Napoleon declared Bourbon rule of southern Italy at an end.