List of battles before 301
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Before 500 BC
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c. 2600 BC | Siege of Uruk | Uruk led by their King Gilgamesh and their General Enkidu, repel a siege by Aga of Kish and his allies from Isin and Nippur, capturing the Kings of Isin and Nippur.[1] |
c. 2500 BC | Battle of Banquan | The Flame Emperor at Banquan, forming the Huaxia Tribe.
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Battle of Zhuolu | The Chi You at Zhuolu.
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c. 2450 BC | Battle of Umma | Lagash decisively defeats Umma and makes it a tributary state.[2][3] |
c. 2334 BC | Battle of Uruk |
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c. 2300 BC | Battle of Terqa | The Kingdom of Nagar, Kingdom of Kish, and the Ib'al end the Third Mari-Ebla War by decisively defeating the Kingdom of Mari in Northeast Syria.[5]
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c. 2004 BC | Sack of Ur | Third dynasty of Ur .
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c. 1764 BC | Siege of Hiritum | King Hammurabi of Babylonia allied with Mari defeats Elamite invasion. |
c. 1763 BC | Siege of Larsa | . |
c. 1600 BC | Battle of Mingtiao | Tang of Shang defeats Jie of Xia, marking the beginning of the Shang dynasty. |
c. 1595 BC | Sack of Babylon |
Kassite allies for centuries.
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c. 1550 BC | Siege of Avaris | Egyptians under Ahmose I expel the Hyksos from Egypt after taking their capital of Avaris. |
c. 1530 BC | Siege of Sharuhen |
Egyptians under Ahmose I siege and raze town of Sharuhen in southern Canaan, the last stronghold the Hyksos fled to after he expelled them from Egypt. |
c. 1504 BC | Siege of Kerma | Egyptians under Thutmose I conquer Kerma culture in Nubia. |
c. 1457 BC | Battle of Megiddo | Egyptian forces, led by Thutmose III, rout the Canaanite forces under the King of Kadesh. |
c. 14th century BC | Battle of the Ten Kings | Indian Subcontinent .
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c. 1400 BC | Battle of Jericho | Canaanite city of Jericho and kill most of its population.
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1319 BC | Battle of the Astarpa River | Ahhiyawa along with his sons.
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c. 1312 BC | Battle of Ganuvara | Hittites defeat the Hayasa-Azzi confederation. |
c. 1300 BC | Battle at Gibeah |
concubine .
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c. 1280 BC | Battle of Kār Ištar | Assyrians defeat Babylonians |
c. 1275 BC | First Battle of Alashiya | Kingdom of Alashiya in modern-day Cyprus . One of the first naval battles ever recorded.
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c. 1274 BC | Battle of Kadesh | King Muwatallis of the Hittites surprise Ramesses II; the battle ends in a draw. |
1269 BC | Siege of Dapur | Egyptian forces, led by Ramesses II, conquer Dapur. |
c. 1250 BC | Battle of the Tollense | The largest excavated battle site of this age anywhere in the world, fought between unknown polities. |
c. 1237 BC | Battle of Nihriya | Tukulti-Ninurta I of Assyria defeats Tudḫaliya IV of the Hittites. |
1208 BC | Battle of Perire | Egypt defeats Libyan and Sea People coalition. |
c. 1205 BC | Second Battle of Alashiya | Kingdom of Alashiya in Cyprus .
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c. 1184 BC | Siege of Troy |
Greeks led by Mycenae sack Troy in Northwestern Anatolia, ending 10 year Trojan War |
c. 1178 BC | Battle of Djahy | Major land battle where Pharaoh Ramesses III defeats the Sea Peoples who were attempting to invade and conquer Egypt. |
c. 1175 BC | Battle of the Delta | Egypt under Ramesses III repels a major naval invasion by the Sea Peoples. |
c. 1150 BC | Battle of Mount Tabor | Israelites led by Barak and Deborah defeat Caananites led by the King of Hazor. |
c. 1046 BC | Battle of Muye | Decisive victory of the Shang Dynasty .
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c. 1025 BC | Battle of Michmash | Israelites defeat Philistines. |
c. 1010 BC | Battle of Mount Gilboa |
The Saul and his son Jonathan die.
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Siege of Jebus | King David of Israel takes the city of Jebus, later known as Jerusalem, from the Jebusites. It becomes the Israelite capital city. | |
c. 993 BC | Siege of Rabbah | King David takes the capital of the Ammonites, subjugating them to Israel. |
925 BC | Battle of Bitter Lakes | Bitter Lakes .
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Sack of Jerusalem (925 BC) |
The Egyptians capture and plunder the Israeli capital of Jerusalem. | |
913 BC | Battle of Mount Zemaraim | Judah under King Abijah defeats Israel under King Jeroboam I; 500,000 Israelites fall in a single battle. |
878 BC | Battle of Suru | Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II takes the fortress of Suru from the Babylonians. |
853 BC | Battle of Karkar |
Assyrian Shalmaneser III faces a military alliance of the king of Damascus and 11 other rulers including Israel. |
814 BC | Battle of Dur-Papsukkal | Assyrian king Shamshi-Adad IV razes the Babylonian city, then defeats the army of their king Marduk-balassu-iqbi. |
771 BC | Battle of Mount Li | Quanrong barbarians decisively defeat the Zhou, severely weakening the dynasty |
c. 750 BC | Battle of the Lacus Curtius |
The newly formed Roman Kingdom under King Romulus defeats the Sabines. |
743-740 BC | Siege of Arpad | Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III takes and razes the Syrian city of Arpad after besieging it for three years. |
733 BC | Siege of Gezer (c.733 BC) |
The Gazru (Gezer) from the Kingdom of Israel .
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724-720 BC | Siege of Tyre (724-720 BC) | Phoenecian city of Tyre for 4 years but can't take the city.
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722 BC | Siege of Samaria | Assyrian king Sargon II begins his reign by concluding a siege started by his predecessor Tiglath-Pileser III, bringing a final destructive conquest to the northern Kingdom of Israel after taking their capital. |
c. 715 BC | Siege of Hermopolis | Nubians led by King Piye annex Hermopolis from Egyptians of Nimlot of Hermopolis. |
714 BC | Battle of Lake Urmia | King Sargon II of Assyria decisively defeats King Rusa I of Urartu at Lake Urmia, Urartu soon becomes an Assyrian client state. |
707 BC | Battle of Xuge | Zhou Dynasty is defeated by State of Zheng in the first open defiance of imperial authority that would start the Spring and Autumn period .
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701 BC | Siege of Azekah | Assyrian king Sennacherib takes the city of Azekah from the Kingdom of Judah. |
Siege of Lachish | Lachish from the Kingdom of Judah .
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Siege of Jerusalem (701 BC) |
Sennacherib besieges the capital of the Kingdom of Judah under Hezekiah. Both sides claim victory. | |
Siege of Tyre (701 BC) | Sennacherib unsuccessfully besieges Phoenician city-state of Tyre. | |
693 BC | Battle of Diyala River | King Elamites of Southern Iran, led by Mushezib-Marduk, at Diyala River .
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691 BC | Battle of Halule | King Assyrians .
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689 BC | Siege of Babylon | Sennacherib sacks Babylon and puts down the Babylonians' rebellion. |
685 BC | Battle of Deres | Aristomenes of Messenia fights Sparta, with an unknown and disputed end. |
684 BC | Battle of Changshao | Part of Spring and Autumn period. Lu defeats Qi. |
682 BC | Battle of the Great Foss | Arcadia are decisively defeated by the Spartans .
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680-677 BC | Siege of Sidon | Phoenecian city of Sidon and execute their king, Abdi-Milkutti .
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671 BC | Siege of Tyre (671 BC) | Assyrians under Esarhaddon unsuccessfully besiege Tyre. |
669 BC | Battle of Hysiae |
The Lacedaemonians .
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663 BC | Siege of Tyre (663 BC) | Assyrians under Ashurbanipal unsuccessfully besiege Tyre. |
663 BC | Sack of Thebes | King 25th Dynasty of Egypt. Thebes is permanently weakened as a city.
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654 BC | Sack of Sardis | Cimmerians sack the Lydian capital of Sardis and kill King Gyges of Lydia. |
653 BC | Battle of Malitiosa Forest |
Romans led by their king Tullus Hostilius decisively defeat the Sabines. |
Battle of Ulai | and his son killed in the battle. | |
647 BC | Battle of Susa | King Elamites few years after.
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645 BC | Battle of Loulin | Chu (state) defeats Xu in the Spring and Autumn period |
| 642 BC | Battle of Yan | Duke Xiao of Qi, allied with Song (state) defeats his brothers to become ruler of Qi. |
635 BC | Fall of Ashdod | Psamtik I of Egypt takes Ashdod from the Neo-Assyrian Empire, after a 29-year siege. |
632 BC | Battle of Chengpu | Duke Wen of Jin defeats the Chu commander Ziyu in the biggest battle of the Spring and Autumn period. |
627 BC | Battle of Xiao | Part of the |
626 BC | Revolt of Babylon (626 BC) | Nabopolassar successfully takes Babylon from Assyria and forms the Neo-Babylonian Empire. |
616 BC | Battle of Qablin | Mannaeans .
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Battle of Arrapha | Assyrians .
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615 BC | Fall of Tarbisu | The Medes led by Cyaxares take the city of Tarbisu from Assyria, pushing into their heartland. |
614 BC | Fall of Assur | Sin- Shar-Ishkun's Assyria .
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612 BC | Battle of Nineveh | The . |
609 BC | Battle of Megiddo | Necho II of Egypt defeats and kills King Josiah of Judah. |
Fall of Harran | Assyrian Empire .
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Siege of Harran | Egyptian assault of Harran fails. | |
605 BC | Battle of Carchemish | Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon begins reign by defeating Necho II of Egypt.
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Battle of Hamath | , but Daniel was written in 167 BC and the siege was 599 BC. | |
597 BC | Siege of Jerusalem (597 BC) | Babylonia takes and despoils Jerusalem. |
595 BC | Battle of Bi | Part of the Spring and Autumn period. Chu defeats Jin. |
588 BC | Battle of An | Part of the Spring and Autumn period. Jin defeats Qi. |
587 BC | Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC) | Babylonia takes and destroys Jerusalem.. |
586-573 BC | Siege of Tyre (586–573 BC) | Nebuchadnezzar II sieges Tyre for 13 years until the city agrees to pay tribute. |
585 BC | Battle of Halys |
Last battle of the war between Lydians and Medes. A solar eclipse is perceived as an ill omen and the fighting stops. |
Siege of Kirrha |
Kirrha after poisoning its water supply during the siege. Last battle of the First Sacred War .
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575 BC | Battle of Yanling | Part of the Spring and Autumn period. Jin defeats Chu. |
552 BC | Battle of Hyrba | , starting the Persian rebel alliance. |
551 BC | Battle of the Median Border |
Cambyses I of Persia battles the Medians. |
550 BC | Battle of the Fetters | Battle between Arcadia .
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Battle of Pasargadae |
Persias growing empire.
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547 BC | Battle of Pteria | Croesus and Cyrus the Great fight to a draw. |
Battle of Thymbra | Croesus of Lydia is defeated by Cyrus the Great of Persia. | |
Siege of Sardis (547 BC) | Lydia annexed by Cyrus the Great. | |
546 BC | Battle of Pallene | Peisistratos defeats Athenian army in surprise attack and takes rulership of Athens.
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545 BC | Battle of The 300 Champions |
The Spartans defeat the Argives in a battle of 300 chosen champions. Only 3 survive. |
540 BC | Battle of Alalia | Carthaginian and Etruscan fleets defeat Phocaeans. |
540 BC | Siege of Xanthos | Persians under their general Asia Minor after defeating the men in their capital Xanthos, who fight to their last man and burn their own acropolis.
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539 BC-538 BC | Battle of Opis | Cyrus the Great defeats Nabonidus (or Belshazzar), leading to the conquest of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. |
525 BC | Battle of Pelusium | Decisive victory of Cambyses II against Egyptians under Psamtik III – Egypt is annexed by the Achaemenid Empire. |
509 BC | Battle of Silva Arsia | Tarquinii and Veii led by deposed Roman king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus .
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508 BC | Siege of Rome (508 BC) |
Etruscan forces besiege Rome, ending in a peace treaty; monarchy stays abolished in Rome. |
506 BC | Battle of Boju | Forces of Wu under Sun Tzu, defeat the forces of Chu. |
502 BC | Battle of Pometia | Roman forces defeat rebellion by Latin towns |
5th century BC
Year | Battle | Description |
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499 BC | Siege of Naxos | Battle between the Naxos .
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498 BC | Siege of Sardis | An alliance of Greeks from Athens, Ionia, and Eretria torch Sardis, the capital of the Persian satrapy, before the Persian army forces them to retreat. |
Battle of Ephesus | Persian victory during the Ionian Revolt. | |
Siege of Amathus | Rebelling Greek Cypriots under Onesilus unsuccessfully siege pro-Persian Phoenician city of Amathus. | |
496 BC | Battle of Lake Regillus | Romans defeat either the Etruscans or the Latins. |
494 BC | Battle of Lade | Persians defeat participants of the Ionian Revolt. |
Battle of Sepeia | Argives, fully establishing Spartan dominance in the Peloponnese .
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493 BC | Battle of Corioli | Romans take town from the Volsci. |
490 BC | Siege of Naxos (490 BC) | The Persians destroy Naxos. |
Siege of Eretria | The Persians under Eretrians .
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Battle of Marathon | Darius I of Persia and Artaphernes .
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480 BC | Battle of Thermopylae | Persians under Leonidas .
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Battle of Artemisium | Persian fleet fights an inconclusive battle with the Greek allied fleet. | |
Battle of Salamis | Greek ships under Themistocles and Eurybiades of Sparta defeat Persian fleet in the Bay of Eleusis. | |
Battle of Himera | The Greeks of Syracuse, defeat the Carthaginians under Hamilcar I of Carthage , who dies in the battle.
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479 BC | Battle of Plataea | Ends the Persian invasion of Greece; Mardonius .
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Battle of Mycale | Asia Minor , attack the Persian fleet, and defeat the 60,000 Persian troops.
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Siege of Sestos |
Athens take Sestos from Persians, capture and crucify their governor Artayctes the Persian general. | |
478 BC | Siege of Byzantium (478 BC) |
Byzantium lost by Persians. |
Battle of Lize | Chinese history .
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477 BC | Battle of the Cremera | The Etruscan city of Veii defeats the Roman Republic at Cremera. |
475 BC | Siege of Eion | The Delian League takes Eion from the Persians. |
474 BC | Battle of Cumae | The Syracusans under Hiero I defeat the Etruscans and end Etruscan expansion in southern Italy. |
473 BC | Battle of Kailia |
Rhegion in Magna Graecia with heavy losses on both sides. According to Herodotus this was the greatest death count among Greeks in a singular battle to his memory.
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466 BC | Battle of the Eurymedon | Athenians under Cimon defeat the Persians in a great naval battle. |
458 BC | Battle of Mount Algidus | Romans under Cincinnatus defeat the Aequi. |
Battle of Aegina | Athens defeats Aegina | |
460 BC | Battle of Hyria | Taras defeats Messapians and Peucetians. |
459 BC | Battle of Papremis | Athenians and Egyptian rebels defeat Persians. |
457 BC | Battle of Tanagra | The Spartans defeat the Athenians near Thebes, Greece. |
Battle of Oenophyta | The Athenians defeat the Thebans and take control of Boeotia. | |
454 BC | Siege of Prosoptis |
Persia re-establishes control over Egypt. |
Battle of Mendesium | Fifty Athenian triremes try to relieve Prosoptis unaware it succumbed, most triremes sunk by Persians. | |
453 BC | Battle of Jinyang | Decisive battle leading to the partition of the state of warring states in China.
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450 BC | Siege of Citium |
Persia maintains control over Cyprus. |
Battle of Salamis |
Athenians under Cimon defeat the Persian fleet at Cyprus. | |
Battle of Nomae | Greeks defeat Sicels of Ducetius | |
447 BC | Battle of Coronea | The Athenians are driven from Boeotia. |
446 BC | Battle of Corbio | Roman General Titus gains a victory over the Aequi tribes. |
446 BC | Battle of the Himera River (446 BC) | Syracuse defeats Akragas |
435 BC | Capture of Fidenae | Romans defeat the Veii. |
Battle of Leucimme | Corcyra defeats Corinth .
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Siege of Epidamnus |
Epidamnus .
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433 BC | Battle of Sybota | Athenians and Corcyreans fight the Corinthians .
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432 BC | Battle of Potidaea | Athens defeats Sparta, leading to the Peloponnesian War. |
429 BC | Battle of Spartolos | Chalcidians and their allies defeat Athens. |
Battle of Rhium | Naval defeat of the Peloponnesians by Athens. | |
Battle of Naupactus |
Phormio defeats the Peloponnesian fleet. | |
427 BC | Mytilenean revolt | Athens ends Mytilenian revolt. |
Siege of Plataea | Sparta besieges and destroys Plataea. | |
426 BC | Battle of Tanagra | Athenians under Nicias defeat Tanagra and Thebes. |
Battle of Olpae | Athenians under Demosthenes defeat the Spartans in Aetolia. | |
Battle of Idomene | Demosthenes of Athens defeats Ambracia. | |
425 BC | Battle of Pylos | Athenians under Demosthenes again defeat the Spartans, this time capturing a Spartan fleet and leaving a Spartan contingent isolated on the island of Sphacteria. |
Battle of Sphacteria | Demosthenes and Cleon capture the Spartans on Sphacteria. | |
424 BC | Battle of Megara | Athens encounters defeat at Megara. |
Battle of Delium | Another Athenian invasion of Boeotia is unsuccessful. | |
423 BC | Battle of Lyncestis | Illyrians and Lyncestians fight the Spartans and Macedonians during the Peloponnessian War. |
422 BC | Battle of Amphipolis | The Spartans under Brasidas defeat the Athenians under Cleon; both generals die. |
418 BC | Battle of Mantinea | The Spartans under King Argives, Mantineans , and Athenians.
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417 BC | Battle of Hysiae | Spartans march against Argos with their allies, yet fail to take the city itself, instead capturing Hysiae |
Battle of Orneae | Argives and Athenians defeat Spartan garrison | |
415 BC | Battle of Melos |
Athens invades Melos .
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Battle of Syracuse |
The Athenian expedition in Sicily, under Nicias and Demosthenes, is annihilated. | |
411 BC | Battle of Eretria | Spartans defeat the Athenian fleet. |
Battle of Syme | Spartans defeat Athenian fleet; Persia is drawn into the Peloponnesian War. | |
Battle of Cynossema | The Athenians under Alcibiades defeat the Spartan fleet. | |
410 BC | Battle of Abydos | Athenian navy defeats Spartan fleet. |
Battle of Cyzicus | The Athenian fleet, under the leadership of Alcibiades, destroys the Spartan fleet. | |
409 BC | Battle of Selinus | Dorian Greek city Selinus destroyed by Carthage.
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Battle of Himera (409 BC) | Ionian Greek city Himera destroyed by Carthage. | |
406 BC | Battle of Notium | The Spartans under Lysander defeat a segment of the Athenian fleet under Antiochus. |
Battle of Mytilene | Sparta defeats Athens. | |
Battle of Arginusae | The final Athenian victory of the Peloponnesian War. | |
Siege of Akragas (406 BC) | Dorian Greek city Akragas sacked by Carthage.
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405 BC | Battle of Gela (405 BC) | Dorian Greek city Gela sacked by Carthage. |
Battle of Aegospotami | The final battle of the Peloponnesian War; Lysander destroys the navy of Athens led by Conon. | |
Sack of Camarina (405 BC) |
Carthaginians sack Sicilian Greek city of Camarina. | |
404 or 403 BC | Battle of Phyle | The Athenian exiles, seeking to restore democracy in Athens, defeat the Spartans. |
Battle of Munychia | The Athenian exiles, in their search for democracy in Athens, defeat the oligarchic government of Athens. | |
403 BC | Battle of Piraeus | The Athenian exiles, led by is reestablished. |
401 BC | Battle of Cunaxa | Artaxerxes II of Persia defeats the forces of Cyrus the Younger. |
4th century BC
Year | Battle | Description |
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398 BC | Siege of Motya | Phoenician city Motya sacked by Sicilian Greeks. |
397 BC | Battle of Messene | Ionian Greek city Messene sacked by Carthage. |
Battle of Catana (397 BC) | Greek fleet defeated by Carthage. | |
Siege of Syracuse (397 BC) | Battle between Syracuse and Carthage. Part of the Sicilian Wars. Greek victory. | |
396 BC | Battle of Veii | Romans complete conquest of Etruscans .
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395 BC | Battle of Haliartus | The Spartan general Lysander is killed in a Spartan defeat by the Thebans. |
394 BC | Battle of Nemea |
Spartans defeat the Thebans, Athenians, Argives, and Corinthians. |
Battle of Cnidus | The Spartan fleet under Peisander is utterly destroyed by the Persian-Athenian fleet of Conon. | |
Battle of Coronea | King Agesilaus II of Sparta defeats the Thebans. | |
Siege of Tauromenium (394 BC) | Syracuse besieges the Sicels | |
393 BC | Battle of Abacaenum | Small Carthaginian army defeated by Dionysius I of Syracuse |
392 BC | Battle of Chrysas | Inconclusive last battle of the Third Sicilian War |
391 BC | Battle of Lechaeum | Iphicrates of Athens defeats Sparta during the Corinthian War. |
390 BC | Battle of the Allia | The Gauls defeat the Romans, leading to the Gallic sack of Rome. |
389 BC | Battle of the Elleporus | Italiote League , securing his domination of Greek Southern Italy.
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Siege of Theodosia (389 BC) | Bosporan Kingdom tries to take Theodosia but fails | |
386 BC | Siege of Rhegium | Dionysius I of Syracuse conquers the city and sells the inhabitants into slavery. |
385 BC | Siege of Mantinea | Sparta destroys Mantinea |
384 BC | Battle of Pharos | Pharos and Syracuse.
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380 BC | Battle of Labrytai
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Bosporan Kingdom conquers the Sindlike Kingdom |
377 BC | Battle of Cabala | Syracuse defeats Carthage |
376 BC | Battle of Cronium | Carthage defeats Syracuse, ending the Fourth Sicilian War |
Battle of Naxos | The Athenians under Chabrias defeat the Spartans at sea. | |
375 BC | Battle of Tegyra | Pelopidas of Thebes defeats Sparta. |
374 BC | Battle of Alyzia | Athenian navy defeats Spartan navy. |
371 BC | Battle of Leuctra | Spartans under king Cleombrotus lose to the Thebans under Epaminondas – Cleombrotus is killed. This ends the period of Spartan domination of Greece |
365 BC | Siege of Theodosia (c. 365 BC) | Bosporan Kingdom again tries to take Theodosia and again fails |
364 BC | Battle of Cynoscephalae | The Thebans under Pelopidas fight a drawn battle with Alexander of Pherae in Thessaly. Pelopidas is killed. |
362 BC | Battle of Mantinea | The Thebans and their allies, under Epaminondas, defeat the Spartans and Athenians, but Epaminondas himself is killed, ending the brief period of Theban domination. |
361 BC | Battle of the Anio River | Romans defeat a Gallic army |
360 BC | Siege of Theodosia (c. 360 BC) | Bosporan Kingdom besieges Theodosia for the third time, this time taking the city |
359 BC | Battle of Methone | Philip II of Macedon defeats 3,000 Athenian mercenaries on the Macedonian coast. |
358 BC | Battle of Erigon Valley | Philip II of Macedon defeats the Kingdom of Dardania, expanding Macedonia to their northwestern frontier. |
356 BC | Battle of Embata | Chians at Chios , Greece.
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353 BC | Battle of Crocus Field | Philip II of Macedon defeats the Phocians in the Third Sacred War. |
Battle of Guiling | Tian Ji and Sun Bin of Qi defeat Pang Juan of Wei at Handan during the Warring States period of China. | |
343 BC | Battle of Mount Gaurus | Roman general Marcus Valerius Corvus defeats the Samnites. |
Battle of Suessula | The Roman Republic beats the Samnites, but is forced to withdraw due to the revolt of several of its Latin allies. | |
342 BC | Battle of Maling | Henan Province .
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340 BC | Battle of the Crimissus | Timoleon defeats the Carthaginian invaders of Sicily. |
Siege of Byzantium |
A siege by Philip II of Macedonia .
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339 BC | Battle of Vesuvius | Romans under P. Decius Mus and T. Manlius Imperiosus defeat the rebellious Latins. |
Battle of the Crimissus | Syracue under Timoleon defeats Carthage. | |
338 BC | Battle of Chaeronea | 2 August - Philip of Macedon crushes Athens and Thebes in their struggle to maintain their independence. |
Battle of Trifanum | Roman general T. Manlius Imperiosus decisively defeats the Latins. | |
Battle of Manduria | Sparta and its colony Taras both defeated by the Brutian League in front of the walls of Manduria. Spartan king Archidamus III killed. | |
335 BC | Siege of Pelium | Macedon under Alexander the Great defeats the Illyrians |
Battle of Thebes | Macedon under Alexander the Great defeats Thebes and razes the city. | |
334 BC | Battle of the Granicus | Alexander the Great defeats the Persian army in Western Asia Minor. |
Siege of Miletus | Macedon takes Miletus from Persia | |
Siege of Halicarnassus | Alexander the Great takes Halicarnassus | |
333 BC | Battle of Issus | Alexander the Great defeats the main Persian army under King Darius III in northern Syria. |
Siege of Gordium | Macedon .
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332 BC | Siege of Tyre (332 BC) | Alexander the Great besieges the city. |
Siege of Gaza | Persian Batis, gaining Egypt .
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331 BC | Battle of Pandosia | Alexander of Epirus, the uncle of Alexander the Great, is defeated and killed in Italy by the Samnites .
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Battle of Megalopolis | Antipater, Alexander's regent in Macedon and Greece, defeats the Spartans under King Agis III. | |
Battle of Gaugamela | 1 October - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III in Mesopotamia and conquers Persia. | |
Battle of the Uxian Defile | December - Alexander the Great defeats the Uxii tribes of the Zagros Mountains. | |
330 BC | Battle of the Persian Gate | Persians fail to prevent Alexander the Great from taking Persepolis. |
329 BC | Siege of Cyropolis | Alexander the Great and Craterus take Cyropolis from the Sogdians |
Battle of Jaxartes | Alexander the Great defeats the nomadic Saka tribes of Central Asia. | |
327 BC | Capture of Neapolis | The Samnites take the city of Neapolis from Rome. |
Siege of the Sogdian Rock |
Sogdiana .
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Siege of Aornos |
Alexander the Great takes the fortress of Aornos in the gorges of the Upper Indus. | |
326 BC | Battle of the Hydaspes | Alexander defeats the Indian King Porus .
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325 BC | Battle of Imbrinium | Romans under Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus defeat the Samnites. |
323 BC | Battle of Plataea | Athenians decisively defeat Boeotian forces, who are allied with Macedon in the Lamian War |
Battle of Thermopylae (323 BC) | Athenians and Aetolians defeat Antipater | |
322 BC | Siege of Lamia | Athenians besiege Antipater in Lamia |
Battle of Amorgos | Cleitus the White defeats the Athenian fleet | |
Battle of Echinades | Cleitus the White again defeats the Athenian fleet, Macedon becomes dominant in the ocean | |
Battle of Crannon | Antipater and Craterus defeat the Athenians and Aetolians, ending the Lamian War | |
321 BC | Battle of the Caudine Forks | The Romans under Spurius Postumius and T. Verturius Calvinus are defeated by the Samnites under Gaius Pontius. |
Battle of the Hellespont (321 BC) | Eumenes defeats and kills Craterus and Neoptolemus | |
319 BC | Battle of Orkynia | Antigonus Monophthalmus defeats Eumenes
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Battle of Cretopolis | Antigonus Monophthalmus defeats the remnant Perdiccan faction.
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Battle of Pataliputra | Chandragupta Maurya attacks capital of the Nanda Empire | |
317 BC | Siege of Megalopolis | Alexander's regent Polyperchon fails to siege city supporting Cassander |
Battle of Byzantium | Coalition of | |
Battle of Paraitakene | Indecisive battle between Antigonus Monophthalmus vs. Eumenes
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315 BC | Battle of Lautulae | The Romans are defeated by the Samnites. |
Battle of Gabiene | Forces of Antigonus Monophthalmus defeat and kill Eumenes
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314 BC | Siege of Tyre | Ptolemy I of Egypt .
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312 BC | Battle of Gaza | Demetrius I Poliorcetes
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311 BC | Battle of Himera | The Carthaginian general Hamilcar defeats the tyrant Agathocles of Syracuse, who is then besieged in Syracuse. |
First Siege of Babylon (311 BC) | Seleucid dynasty decisively defeats Antigonid dynasty and establishes control over Babylon. | |
Battle of the Tigris | Seleucid dynasty defeats the Antigonid dynasty and kills Nicanor and Eaugoras. | |
310 BC | Battle of Lake Vadimo | The Romans defeat the Etruscans. |
Second Siege of Babylon (310 BC) | Seleucid dynasty defeats Antigonid dynasty | |
Battle of the River Thatis | Sarmatian army in the opening battle of the Bosporan Civil War .
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Battle of White Tunis | Agathocles of Syracuse defeats Carthage in Africa | |
Siege of Syracuse | Syracuse repels a Carthaginian siege of the city | |
309 BC | Third Siege of Babylon (309 BC) | Seleucus keeps citadel, Antigonus captures part of the city. |
Battle of the 25 of Abu | Seleucus decisively defeats Antigonus, is recognized as ruler of Babylon, Elam and Media | |
Siege of Siracena | Satyros II is killed while besieging Eumelos | |
Battle of Lake Maeotis | Eumelos defeats his brother Prytanis and takes the throne of the Bosporan Kingdom, ending the civil war | |
306 BC | Battle of Salamis in Cyprus (306 BC) |
Ptolemy I and captures Cyprus.
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305 BC | Battle of Bovianum | The Roman consuls M. Fulvius and L. Postumius decisively defeat the Samnites to end the Second Samnite War .
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305-304 BC | Siege of Rhodes (305 BC) |
Demetrius Poliorcetes .
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301 BC | Battle of Ipsus | Antigonus Monophthalmus is defeated and killed by Seleucus and Lysimachus .
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3rd century BC
Year | Battle | Description |
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298 BC | Battle of Camerinum | The Samnites allied with the Gauls defeat the Romans under Third Samnite War .
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297 BC | Battle of Tifernum | Roman forces defeat the Samnites in Umbria. |
295 BC | Battle of Sentinum | The Romans under Fabius Rullianus and Publius Decimus Mus defeat the Samnites and their Etruscan and Gallic allies, forcing the Etruscans, Gauls, and Umbrians to make peace. |
293 BC | Battle of Aquilonia | The Romans decisively defeat the Samnites. |
Battle of Yique | Qin forces defeat the allied states of Wei and Han, leading to Qin's further superiority in China. | |
291 BC | Siege of Thebes | Demetrius I Poliorcetes defeats a Boeotian rebellion |
287 BC | Siege of Athens (287 BC) | Demetrius besieges Athens but doesn't take the city |
284 BC | Battle of Arretium | A Roman army under Lucius Caecilius is destroyed by the Gauls. |
283 BC | Battle of Lake Vadimo | A Roman army under P. Cornelius Dolabello defeats the Etruscans and Gauls. |
282 BC | Battle of Populonia | Etruscan resistance to Roman domination of Italy is finally crushed. |
281 BC | Battle of Corupedium | Last battle in the wars of the Diadochi. Seleucus defeats and kills Lysimachus. |
280 BC | Battle of Heraclea | First engagement of Roman and Greek armies, the latter led by Pyrrhus of Epirus, who is victorious. |
279 BC | Battle of Asculum | Pyrrhus again defeats the Romans, at a great cost. |
Battle of Thermopylae (279 BC) | Invading Gaulic forces under Brennus defeat a Greek alliance and advance on the Balkans. | |
Attack on Delphi | Gauls decisively defeated by Greek alliance while trying to sack Delphi. Brennus commits suicide during the retreat. | |
278 BC | Siege of Syracuse (278 BC) | Pyrrhus of Epirus ends a Carthaginian siege of the city |
Siege of Lilybaeum | Pyrrhus fails to expel Carthage from Sicily | |
277 BC | Battle of Lysimachia | Macedonian Antigonid forces versus Gallic tribes that had settled in the Thracian Chersonese. |
Battle of the Cranita hills | Samnites defeat the Romans. | |
275 BC | Battle of Beneventum | Pyrrhus fights Rome one last time in this inconclusive draw, but elects to leave Italy afterwards. |
274 BC | Battle of the Aous | Pyrrhus defeats Antigonus Gonatas of Macedon. |
272 BC | Siege of Sparta | Pyrrhus tries to take Sparta but is repelled |
Battle of Argos | Pyrrhus is defeated by Macedon and its allies and dies soon after, ending Epirot intervention in the Peloponnese | |
Siege of Taras | Romans take city as punishment for helping Pyrrhus. | |
264 BC | Battle of Messana | Rome defeats Carthage in the first battle of the First Punic War |
262 BC | Battle of Agrigentum | Carthaginian forces under Hannibal Gisco and Hanno are defeated by the Romans, giving them control of most of Sicily. |
261 BC | Battle of Cos | Naval victory of Ptolemy II .
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Battle of Kalinga | Ashoka the Great conquers Kalinga for the Maurya Empire .
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260 BC | Battle of Changping | Army of Qin under Bai Qi routed army of Zhao and massacred 500,000 prisoners of war. Military superiority of Qin over all other states of China. Unification became a matter of time. |
Battle of the Lipara Islands |
A Roman naval force is defeated by the Carthaginians. | |
Battle of Mylae | A Roman naval force under C. Duillius defeats the Carthaginian fleet, giving Rome control of the western Mediterranean. | |
259 BC | Battle of Thermae | Carthaginian defeat Romans in Sicily |
258 BC | Battle of Ephesus | Rhodians under Agathostratus defeat a Ptolemaic fleet under Chremonides. |
Battle of Sulci | Minor Roman naval victory during First Punic War. | |
257 BC | Battle of Tyndaris | Sicilian town captured by Rome. |
Battle of Handan | States of Zhao, Chu, and Wei defeat Qin. | |
256 BC | Battle of Cape Ecnomus | A Carthaginian fleet under Hamilcar and Hanno is defeated in an attempt to stop a Roman invasion of Africa by Marcus Atilius Regulus. |
255 BC | Siege of Aspis | Rome takes the city of Aspis in Africa |
Battle of Adys | The Romans under Regulus defeat the Carthaginians in North Africa. | |
Battle of Tunis |
The Carthaginians under Xanthippus, a Greek mercenary, defeat the Romans under Regulus , who is captured.
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Battle of Cape Hermaeum
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Romans defeat Carthaginian fleet and successfully evacuate their army from Africa | |
251 BC | Battle of Panormus | Carthaginian forces under Hasdrubal are defeated by the Romans under L. Caecilius Metellus. |
250 BC | Siege of Lilybaeum (250–241 BC) | Rome takes Lilybaeum after a long siege
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249 BC | Battle of Drepana | Carthaginians under Adherbal defeat the fleet of Roman admiral Claudius Pulcher. |
Battle of Phintias | Carthage destroys a large Roman navy | |
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Siege of Drepana | Rome besieges Drepana |
246 BC | Battle of Andros | Antigonus II of Macedonia.
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241 BC | Battle of the Aegates Islands |
Roman sea victory over the Carthaginians, ending the First Punic War |
241 BC | Battle of the Caecus River | Attalus I defeats the Galatians |
240 BC | Battle of Utica | Rebellious Carthaginian mercenaries defeats the Carthaginian army of Hanno II the Great |
Battle of the Bagradas River | Mercenary Wars .
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Hamilcar's victory with Naravas | Hamilcar again defeats the mercenary forces, this time with the help of the Numidian defector Naravas | |
239 BC | Battle of Ancyra | Antiochus Hierax defeats Seleucus II Callinicus |
238 BC | Battle of "The Saw"
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Hamilcar defeats a great mercenary army at Tunis. |
Battle of Aphrodisium | Attalus I of Pergamon defeats Antiochus Hierax | |
Battle of Leptis Parva | Final battle of the Mercenary War | |
233 BC | Battle of Fei | Zhou defeat the Qin |
231 BC | Siege of Medion | Illyrians under Agron defeat the Aetolian League |
230 BC | Battle of Phoenice | Illyrians defeat the Epirotes |
229 BC | Battle of Paxos | Illyrians defeat the Aetolian League and Achaean League |
Battle of the Harpasus | Attalus again defeats Antiochus Hierax and takes over much of Anatolia | |
Battle of Epidamnus |
Greeks of Epirus beat back Illyrians. | |
Siege of Issa | Romans lift Illyrian siege of Greek city of Issa. | |
227 BC | Battle of Mount Lycaeum | Cleomenes III of Sparta defeats the Achaean League |
226 BC | Battle of Dyme | Sparta again defeats the Achaean League decisively, resulting in a peace treaty. |
225 BC | Battle of Faesulae |
The Romans are defeated by the Gauls of Northern Italy. |
Battle of Telamon | The Romans under Aemilius Papus and Caius Atilius Regulus defeat the Gauls. | |
222 BC | Battle of Clastidium | The Romans under Marcus Claudius Marcellus defeat the Gauls. |
Battle of Sellasia | Defeat of Macedon and the Achaean League .
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Battle of Dai | Qin Shihuang defeat the army of and eliminate the Zhou dynasty in their unification of China .
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219 BC | Siege of Dimallum | Romans take city from Illyrians and defeat forces of Demetrius of Pharos. |
Siege of Saguntum | Saguntum in Spain, marking the start of the Second Punic War .
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218 BC | Battle of Lilybaeum | Roman naval forces under Amellius defeat the Carthaginians, ending their attempts to colonize Sicily. |
Capture of Malta | Roman forces capture Malta | |
Battle of Rhone Crossing | Hannibal defeats the Volcae Gauls, staying undefeated in his march for Italy. | |
Battle of the Ticinus |
November - Hannibal defeats the Romans under Publius Cornelius Scipio the elder in a small cavalry fight. | |
Battle of the Trebia | Tiberius Sempronius Longus , who had foolishly attacked.
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Battle of Cissa | Roman forces defeat a Catharginian army under Hanno, controlling the territory north of Ebro river. | |
217 BC | Battle of Raphia | 22 June - Ptolemy IV .
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Battle of Lake Trasimene | 24 June - In an ambush, Hannibal destroys the Roman army of Gaius Flaminius, who is killed. | |
Battle of Ebro River | Roman naval forces destroy a Carthaginian fleet under Himilco, weakening Carthage's influence in Iberia. | |
Battle of Ager Falernus | Hannibal defeats Roman forces under Quintus Fabius Maximus. | |
Battle of Geronium | Hannibal fights Roman forces in Apulia, resulting in a strategic draw. | |
216 BC | Battle of Cannae | 2 August - Hannibal destroys the Roman army of Lucius Aemilius Paulus and Publius Terentius Varro in what is considered one of the great masterpieces of the tactical art. |
Battle of Silva Litana | Gallic Boii tribe ambush and destroy a Roman army | |
First Battle of Nola |
The Roman general Marcus Claudius Marcellus holds off an attack by Hannibal. | |
215 BC | Battle of Ibera | A Roman army under Hasdrubal .
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Second Battle of Nola |
Marcellus again repulses an attack by Hannibal. | |
Battle of Decimomannu | Roman forces under Torquatus defeat a Carthaginian army under Hasdrubal the Bald in Sardinia. | |
214 BC | Third Battle of Nola |
Marcellus fights an inconclusive battle with Hannibal. |
Battle of Beneventum | Tiberius Gracchus' slave legions defeat Hanno, son of Bomilcar and, therefore, deny Hannibal his reinforcements. | |
Siege of Syracuse |
The Roman general Marcellus' forces being kept at bay by the inventions of Archimedes. | |
212 BC | Battle of Tarentum | Hannibal defeats a Roman army in southern Italy, strengthening his situation in Italy. |
First Battle of Capua |
Hannibal defeats the Consuls Q. Fulvius Flaccus and Appius Claudius, but the Roman army escapes. | |
Battle of Beneventum | Quintus Fulvius Flaccus defeats Hanno (son of Bomilcar) in Southern Italy. | |
Battle of the Silarus | Hannibal destroys the army of the Roman praetor M. Centenius Penula. | |
Battle of Herdonia |
Hannibal destroys the Roman army of the praetor Gnaeus Fulvius. | |
211 BC | Battle of the Upper Baetis | Publius and Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio are killed in battle with the Carthaginians under Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal Barca. |
Second Battle of Capua |
Hannibal is unable to break the Roman siege of the city. | |
Siege of Sardis (211 BC) | Seleucid Empire defeats and executes the usurper Achaeus. | |
210 BC | Second Battle of Herdonia |
Hannibal destroys the Roman army of Fulvius Centumalus, who is killed. |
Battle of Numistro | Hannibal defeats Marcellus once more. | |
209 BC | First Battle of Lamia | Philip V of Macedon defeats an Aetolian force under Phyrrhias. |
Second Battle of Lamia | Philip V of Macedon again defeats Phyrrhias. | |
Battle of Asculum | Hannibal once again defeats Marcellus, in an indecisive battle. | |
Battle of Tarentum | Quintus Fabius Maximus defeats Hannibal's forces. | |
Battle of Mount Labus | Seleucids defeat and subjugate the Parthians | |
208 BC | Battle of Baecula | The Romans in Spain under P. Cornelius Scipio the Younger defeat Hasdrubal Barca .
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Siege of Bactra | The Greco-Bactrians under Euthydemus .
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Battle of the Arius | Antiochus III defeats the Greco-Bactrians .
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207 BC | Battle of Grumentum | The Roman general Gaius Claudius Nero fights an indecisive battle with Hannibal, then escapes north to confront Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal Barca, who has invaded Italy. |
Battle of Julu | Qin army for control of China.
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Battle of the Metaurus | Hasdrubal is defeated and killed by Nero's Roman army. | |
Battle of Cartagena |
Scipio Africanus Major destroys the Catharginian city of Cartagena in Iberia.
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Battle of Mantinea | Philopoemen of the Achaean League defeats the Spartans under Machanidas, who is killed. | |
206 BC | Battle of Ilipa | Scipio again decisively defeats the remaining Carthaginian forces in Spain. |
205 BC | Battle of Pengcheng | Chu defeats Han under Liu Bang .
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Battle of Anyi | Han defeats Wei. | |
Battle of Jingxing | Han Xin, with an army of 30,000 levies, defeats a numerically larger army of the Zhao near Jingxing (Jing Gorge), killing Chen Yu and capturing Zhao Xie, the Prince of Zhao. | |
204 BC | Battle of Crotona |
Hannibal fights a drawn battle against the Roman general Sempronius in Southern Italy. |
Battle of Utica |
Scipio Africanus fights the Carthaginians and Numidians, ending in a draw. | |
Battle of Wei River | Han Xin defeats a joint Qi and Western Chu army by building a temporary dam, luring his enemies into the river, and opening the dam to drown them. | |
203 BC | Battle of Utica | Publius Cornelius Scipio decisively defeats Carthage under Hasdrubal. |
Battle of the Great Plains | The Romans under Scipio defeat the Carthaginian army of Hasdrubal Gisco and Syphax. Hannibal is sent to return to Africa. | |
Battle of Cirta | Roman forces sack the Numidian capital, decisively defeating Carthage's ally. | |
Po Valley Raid |
Roman forces under Varus and Cethegus defeat Mago of Carthage, ending the Second Punic War in Italy.
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Battle of Gaixia | The Liu Bang, who was later to become Emperor of China, defeats their Chu opponents.
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202 BC | Battle of Zama | Scipio Africanus Major decisively defeats Hannibal in North Africa, ending the Second Punic War .
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201 BC | Battle of Chios | Philip V of Macedon is defeated at sea by the Rhodians and Pergamenes. |
Battle of Lade |
Philip V of Macedon defeats Cleonaeus of Rhodes in a naval battle. | |
200 BC | Battle of Cremona | Roman forces defeat the Gauls of Cisalpine Gaul. |
Battle of Baideng | The army of Han China, attempting to conquer the Xiongnu people living to the north, is defeated and the Chinese Emperor is almost captured.
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Battle of Panium | Antiochus III the Great secures the conquest of Syria and Israel from Egypt with this victory. |
2nd century BC
Year | Battle | Description |
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198 BC | Battle of the Aous | Roman forces under Titus Quinctius Flamininus defeat the Macedonians under Philip V. |
197 BC | Battle of Cynoscephalae | Romans under Flamininus decisively defeat Philip in Thessaly. |
195 BC | Siege of Gythium | With assistance from Rome, Rhodes, and Macedon, Philopoemen of the Achaean League defeat the Spartans under Nabis. |
Siege of Sparta | Romans and Achaeans occupy Sparta | |
194 BC | Battle of Placentia | Romans defeat Gauls. |
193 BC | Battle of Mutina | Roman victory over the Gauls, final Roman conquest of the Boii tribe. |
191 BC | Battle of Thermopylae | Romans under Manius Acilius Glabrio defeat Antiochus III the Great and force him to evacuate Greece. |
Battle of Corycus | Romans defeat the Seleucids at sea | |
190 BC | Battle of the Eurymedon | Roman forces under Lucius Aemilius Regillus defeat a Seleucid fleet commanded by Hannibal, fighting his last battle. |
Battle of Myonessus | Another Seleucid fleet is defeated by the Romans. | |
Battle of Magnesia | December - Romans under Scipio Africanus Major defeat Antiochus III the Great in the decisive victory of the war.
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189 BC | Battle of Mount Olympus | Roman and Pergamum forces crushingly defeat the Galatians .
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Battle of Ancyra | Rome once again defeats Galatians. | |
181 BC | Battle of Manlian Pass | Romans defeat Celtiberians |
Siege of Aebura | Romans take city from Celtiberians during the First Celtiberian War | |
180 BC | Battle of Kali Sindhu | Indian Greco-Bactrians under Demetrius I near the Kali Sindh River .
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171 BC | Battle of Callicinus |
Perseus of Macedon defeats a Roman army under Publius Licinius Crassus. |
169 BC | Siege of Eucratideia | Stalemate between the Indo-Greek Kingdom and the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom. |
168 BC | Battle of Pydna | 22 June - Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus defeat and capture Macedonian King Perseus, ending the Third Macedonian War and annexing Macedon for Rome. |
Siege of Bassania | Illyrians take the allied Roman city of Bassania. | |
167 BC | Battle of Wadi Haramia |
Jewish rebels under Judas Maccabaeus deal a serious blow to the Seleucids, killing their leader Apollonius .
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166 BC | Battle of Beth Horon (166 BC) | The Jewish rebel leader Judas Maccabaeus defeats the Seleucids.
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Battle of Emmaus | Judas Maccabeus again defeats the Seleucids. | |
164 BC | Battle of Beth Zur | Another victory of Judas Maccabaeus over the Seleucids, leading to the recapture of Jerusalem by the rebels. |
162 BC | Battle of Beth Zachariah |
The Seleucid regent Lysias defeats the Jewish rebels. |
162 BC | Battle of Vijithapura | Sri Lankan King Dutthagamani defeats encroaching South Indian King Ellalan .
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161 BC | Battle of Adasa | In his last victory, Judas Maccabaeus defeats and kills the Seleucid general Nicanor. |
160 BC | Battle of Elasa | Jewish leader Judas Maccabaeus is defeated and killed by the Seleucid army of Bacchides.
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151 BC | Battle of Oroscopa | Carthaginian expedition against Numidia is defeated. Rome would later use this as an excuse to begin the Third Punic War |
149 BC | Battle of Lake Tunis | Carthage defeats Roman advance. |
148 BC | Battle of Pydna | The forces of the Macedonian pretender Andriscus are defeated by the Romans under Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus in the decisive engagement of the Fourth Macedonian War. |
147 BC | Battle of the Port of Carthage | Carthage has small victory over Roman navy, but not enough to break the Roman blockade or advancement. |
Battle of Nepheris | Rome advances further on Carthage, defeating their army. | |
146 BC | Battle of Carthage (c.149 BC) |
Scipio Africanus Minor captures and destroys Carthage, ending the Third Punic War .
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Battle of Scarpheia | Romans defeat the Achaean League forces of Critolaus, who is killed. | |
Battle of Corinth | Achaean last stand against Romans under Lucius Mummius fails. Greece comes under direct Roman rule.
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145 BC | Battle of the Oenoparus | Ptolemy VI Philometor defeats the Seleucid usurper Alexander Balas , but is killed in the fighting.
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133 BC | Siege of Numantia | Roman forces under Scipio Aemilianus defeat the Celtiberians and sack their capital city. |
Battle of Mayi | Aborted ambush mission by the Han against invading Xiongnu forces. | |
129 BC | Battle of Ecbatana | The Seleucid King Antiochus VII Sidetes is defeated and killed by the Parthians under Phraates II , ending any pretense of Seleucid control over Media or Mesopotamia.
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121 BC | Battle of Vindalium | Romans defeat the Allobroges |
Battle of the Isère River | Romans defeat a large Gallic army and take over Gallia Narbonensis | |
119 BC | Battle of Mobei | Han forces decisively defeat the Xiongnu army in the Gobi desert, more than 90,000 Xiongnus killed. |
113 BC | Siege of Cirta | Jugurtha defeats Adherbal and takes over all of Numidia |
112 BC | Battle of Noreia | Cimbrian victory against Rome during the Cimbrian War. |
110 BC | Battle of Suthul | Numidian victory in the Jugurthine War |
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Battle of the Muthul | Roman forces under Caecilius Metellus defeat the forces of Jugurtha of Numidia. |
Siege of Zama | Rome besieges Zama | |
108 BC | Battle of Loulan | Han forces defeat Loulan Kingdom. |
Siege of Thala | Rome besieges Thala | |
107 BC | Battle of Burdigala | Alliance of Germanic and Celtic tribes led by Divico defeat the Romans and kill Lucius Cassius Longinus and Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus. |
106 BC | Second Battle of Cirta | Gaius Marius defeats Numidia and Mauretania and captures Cirta |
105 BC | Battle of Arausio | 6 October - Cimbri inflict a major defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus. |
103 BC | Battle of Scirthaea | Praetor Lucius Licinius Lucullus defeats the slave army of Salvius Tryphon in an open field. |
Siege of Triocala | Lucullus besieges the slave stronghold but ends the siege after finding out he had been replaced. | |
102 BC | Battle of Tridentum | Rome has a tactical withdrawal from combat with the Cimbri. |
Battle of Aquae Sextiae | The Romans under Gaius Marius defeat the Teutons. | |
101 BC | Battle of Vercellae | The Romans under Marius defeat the Cimbri, who are entirely annihilated. |
1st century BC
Year | Battle | Description |
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99 BC | Battle of Tian Shan | Xiongnu defeat Han Dynasty. |
93 BC | Battle of Gadara | Hasmonean Kingdom under Alexander Jannaeus in the Transjordan .
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91 BC | Battle of Mount Falernus | Romans defeated during the Social War |
90 BC | Battle of Aesernia | Romans under Lucius Julius Caesar (consul 90 BC) defeated by Italian rebels during the Social War. |
Battle of Acerrae | Romans defeat Italians rebels led by Gaius Papius Mutilus during the Social War. | |
89 BC | Battle of Fucine Lake | Roman forces under Lucius Porcius Cato are defeated by the Italian rebels in the Social War. |
Battle of Asculum | The Roman army of C. Pompeius Strabo decisively defeats the rebels in the Social War. | |
Battle of the Aufidus | Romans defeat Samnite army | |
Battle of the River Amnias | Mithridatic forces defeat Nicomedes IV of Bithynia. | |
Battle of Protopachium | Mithridates decisively defeats a Roman army and occupies Asia Minor
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88 BC | Battle of Mount Scorobas | Mithridatic forces under Archelaus defeat the Romans under Manius Aquilius. |
87 - 86 BC | Siege of Athens and Piraeus |
Lucius Cornelius Sulla defeats the combined forces of Athens and Pontus at Athens. |
86 BC | Battle of Tenedos |
Naval victory for Lucius Licinius Lucullus during the First Mithridatic War. |
Battle of Chaeronea | The Roman forces of Lucius Cornelius Sulla defeat the Pontic forces of Archelaus in the First Mithridatic War .
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85 BC | Battle of Orchomenus | Sulla again defeats Archelaus in the decisive battle of the First Mithridatic War. |
84 BC | Battle of Cana | Nabataean Kingdom under Obodas I defeats the Seleucid Empire and kills their king Antiochus XII Dionysus. |
83 BC | Battle of Mount Tifata | Sulla defeats the Popular forces of Caius Norbanus in the First Roman Civil War. |
82 BC | Battle of Sacriportus | Sulla defeats army of Gaius Marius the Younger
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Battle of the Colline Gate |
November - Sulla defeats Samnites allied to the Popular party in Rome in the decisive battle of the Civil War.
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80 BC | Battle of the Baetis River | Rebel forces under Quintus Sertorius defeat the legal Roman forces of Lucius Fulfidias in Spain.
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76 BC | Battle of Lauron | Sertorius defeats the army of Pompey |
75 BC | Battle of Saguntum | Last pitched battle in the Sertorian War |
74 BC | Battle of Chalcedon | Mithridates VI of Pontus defeats Romans under Marcus Aerelius Cotta .
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73 BC | Battle of Mount Vesuvius | Slave army under Spartacus defeats Romans under Gaius Claudius Glaber. |
Battle of Cyzicus |
Roman forces under Mithridates VI of Pontus .
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Battle of the Rhyndacus (73 BC) | Romans under Lucullus defeat Mithridates again. | |
Battle of Lemnos | Roman fleet defeats Pontic fleet | |
72 BC | Battle of Cabira | Lucullus again defeats Mithridates, overrunning Pontus. |
72-71 BC | Siege of Heraclea | Romans capture Heraclea Pontica |
72-69 BC | Siege of Knossos | Romans capture Crete |
71 BC | Battle of Cantenna | Romans under Marcus Licinius Crassus defeat slave armies, killing their leaders Gannicus and Castus. |
Battle of the Silarius River | Roman forces led by Marcus Licinius Crassus decisively defeat the slave army of Spartacus, who dies in the battle. End of the Servile Wars. | |
69 BC | Battle of Tigranocerta | Lucullus defeats the army of Tigranes II of Armenia , who was harboring his father-in-law Mithridates VI of Pontus.
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68 BC | Battle of Artaxata | Lucullus again defeats Tigranes. |
67 BC | Battle of Korakesion | Naval battle between pirates and Pompey's Fleet, ending in a decisive victory against piracy in the Mediterranean. |
Battle of Jushi | . | |
Battle of Zela (67 BC) | Mithridates VI retakes his kingdom from Rome
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66 BC | Battle of the Lycus | Pompey the Great decisively defeats Mithridates VI, effectively ending the Third Mithridatic War .
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65 BC | Battle of the Pelorus | Pompey defeats the Iberians |
Battle of the Abas | Pompey defeats the Albanians | |
63 BC | Battle of Magetobriga | The Gallic Averni tribes and Germanic Suebi tribe led by Ariovistus defeat the Gallic Aedui tribe, which appeals to the Roman Senate for aid, which becomes a basis which leads to the Gallic Wars .
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63 BC | Siege of Jerusalem | Romans under Hasmonean Kingdom and incorporate Judea into the Roman Republic .
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62 BC | Battle of Pistoria | January - The forces of the conspirator Catiline are defeated by the loyal Roman armies under Gaius Antonius. |
61 BC | Battle of Histria | Bastarnae and Scythians defeat the Roman consul Gaius Antonius Hybrida. |
58 BC | Battle of the Arar | June - Caesar defeats the migrating Helvetii. |
Battle of Bibracte | July - Caesar again defeats the Helvetii, this time decisively. | |
Battle of Vosges | Caesar decisively defeats the forces of the Germanic chieftain Ariovistus near modern Belfort .
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57 BC | Battle of the Axona | Caesar defeats the forces of the Belgae under King Galba of Suessiones. |
Battle of the Sabis | Caesar defeats the Nervii. | |
Siege of the Atuatuci | Caesar conquers the Atuatuci in modern-day Belgium after sieging their capital. 4,000 were killed and the rest sold into slavery. | |
57-56 BC | Battle of Octodurus | Rome under Servius Sulpicius Galba defeats the Seduni and Veragri tribes of Switzerland, but the ferocity of the battle led to the legion subsequently moving out of the Alps. |
53 BC | Battle of Carrhae | The Roman Crassus is defeated and killed by the Parthians .
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52 BC | Battle of Bovillae | The gangs of Clodius and Milo clash surprisingly, leading to the death of Clodius. |
Siege of Avaricum | Julius Caesar defeats Vercingetorix. | |
Battle of Gergovia | Caesar is defeated by the Gallic leader Vercingetorix. | |
Battle of Lutetia | Romans under Titus Labienus defeat Gauls under Camulogene | |
Battle of Alesia | Caesar defeats Vercingetorix, completing the Roman conquest of Transalpine Gaul. | |
51 BC | Siege of Uxellodunum | Caesar destroys the last Gallic tribes resisting Rome |
49 BC | Siege of Corfinium | Caesar's Civil War
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Siege of Brundisium | Caesar captures port town of Brundisium on the Adriatic Sea. He fails to catch Pompey, who escapes to greece. | |
Siege of Massilia | Caesar besieges and captures Massilia, resulting in the absorption of the city into the Republic. | |
Battle of Ilerda | Caesar defeats the Spanish army of Pompey under Lucius Afranius and Marcus Petreius. | |
Battle of Tauroento | Caesar's fleet blockading Massilia under Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus defeat the Massilian fleet and a reinforcing pompeian one under Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus and Quintus Nasidius in a naval battle, in which the Massilian fleet is destroyed and the Pompeians retreat. | |
Siege of Curicta | Pompeians under Lucius Scribonius Libo and Marcus Octavius defeat a naval force and starve the Caesarian army under Gaius Antonius and Publius Cornelius Dolabella, both of whom are captured. | |
Battle of Utica (49 BC) | Attius Varus .
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Battle of the Bagradas River |
24 August - Caesar's general Gaius Curio is defeated in North Africa by the Pompeians under Attius Varus and King Juba I of Numidia. Curio is killed in battle. | |
Siege of Salona | Caesarians in Salona repel an assault by the Pompeians under Marcus Octavius. | |
48 BC | Battle of Dyrrhachium (48 BC) | 10 July - Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. |
Siege of Oricum | Caesar captures Oricum | |
Siege of Gomphi | Caesar captures town of Gomphi after they refuse to open their gates. | |
Battle of Pharsalus | Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey, who flees to Egypt. | |
Battle of Nicopolis (48 BC) | Pharnaces II of Pontus decisively defeats a Roman army under Calvinus. | |
47 BC | Siege of Alexandria (47 BC) | Cleopatra VII .
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Battle of the Nile | February - Caesar defeats the forces of the Egyptian king Ptolemy XIII .
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Battle of Zela |
August - Caesar defeats Pharnaces II of Pontus. This is the battle where he famously said Veni, vidi, vici. (I came, I saw, I conquered.). | |
Battle of Tauris | Publius Vatinius defeats Pompeian fleet under Marcus Octavius raiding off the coast of Dalmatia. | |
46 BC | Battle of Ruspina | 4 January - Caesar loses perhaps as much as a third of his army to Titus Labienus. |
Battle of Ascurum
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Pompey the Younger is defeated by the Mauretanians
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Battle of Thapsus | 6 February - Caesar defeats the Pompeian army of Metellus Scipio in North Africa. | |
Battle of Hippo Regius | Pompeian fleet of Scipio destroyed by Publius Sittius | |
Battle of Carteia | Pompeian fleet of Attius Varus destroyed | |
45 BC | Battle of Munda | 17 March - In his last victory, Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Gnaeus Pompey the Younger in Spain. Labienus is killed in the battle |
Battle of Lauro | Pompey the Younger is captured and executed by Luciuis Caesennius Lento | |
Siege of Corduba | Caesar captures city of Corduba from Sextus Pompey | |
Siege of Apamea | Caesars supporters fail to capture Pompeian town of Apamea in Syria. | |
43 BC | Battle of Forum Gallorum | 14 April - Antony, besieging Caesar's assassin Decimus Brutus in Mutina , defeats the forces of the consul Pansa, who is killed, but is then immediately defeated by the army of the other consul, Hirtius
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Battle of Mutina | 21 April - Antony is again defeated in battle by Hirtius, who is killed. Although Antony fails to capture Mutina, Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly thereafter. | |
42 BC | First Battle of Philippi |
3 October - The Marcus Brutus and Cassius . Although Brutus defeats Octavian, Antony defeats Cassius, who commits suicide.
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Second Battle of Philippi |
23 October - Brutus's army is decisively defeated by Antony and Octavian. Brutus escapes, but commits suicide soon after. | |
40 BC | Battle of Perugia |
Mark Antony's brother Lucius Antonius and Mark Anthony's wife Fulvia are defeated by Octavian. Fulvia is exiled. |
39 BC | Battle of the Cilician Gates | Pompeian invasion force, which results in their retreat, the capture and execution of the Pompeian leader Quintus Labienus and the re-absorption of his soldiers back into the Roman Army.
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Battle of Amanus Pass | Bassus again decisively vanquishes the Parthians, forcing them out of the Roman East and beginning to restore Roman rule to Syria and Judaea. | |
38 BC | Battle of Mount Gindarus | Bassus completes a trilogy of victories over the Parthians by crushing and turning back a new Parthian invasion led by Pacorus, son of King Orodes, with Pacorus being killed in the battle. |
37 BC | Siege of Jerusalem | With Roman assistance, Hasmonean Kingdom .
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36 BC | Battle of Naulochus | Octavian's fleet, under the command of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa defeats the forces of Sextus Pompey. |
Battle of Zhizhi | . | |
31 BC | Battle of Actium | 2 September - Cleopatra in a naval battle near Greece
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30 BC | Battle of Alexandria | 31 July - Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide. |
25 BC | Siege of Aracillum | Romans defeat the Cantabri in northern Spain. |
Battle of Vellica | Romans led by Emperor Augustus defeat the Cantabri. | |
23 BC | Siege of Napata | Romans siege and raze the Kushite city of Napata in Nubia to stop attacks from Queen Amanirenas. |
15 BC | Battle of Lake Constance | Small naval battle between Romans under the future emperor Tiberius and Celtic tribes on Lake Constance in the Northern Alps. |
11 BC | Battle of Arbalo | Romans under Drusus defeat the Germanic tribes. |
Battle of the Lupia River | Roman forces under Augustus's stepson Drusus win a victory in Germany. |
1st century
Year | Battle | Description |
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9 | Battle of the Teutoburg Forest | The German leader Arminius destroys the Roman legions of Publius Quinctilius Varus. |
15 | Battle at Pontes Longi | Inconclusive battle between Rome and Germanic tribes. |
16 | Battle of the Weser River |
Legions under Germanicus defeat German tribes of Arminius. |
Battle of the Angrivarian Wall | Legions under Germanicus again defeat German tribes under Arminius. | |
23 | Battle of Kunyang | After being sieged for 2 months, 9,000 insurgents under Liu Xiu defeat 450,000 of Han Dynasty .
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28 | Battle of Baduhenna Wood | After a stalemate battle with the Frisii, Romans withdraw from northern Holland. |
43 | Battle of the Medway | Roman invasion of Britain begins.
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49 | Siege of Uspe | Rome-allied Aorsi defeat the Siraces, Roman–Bosporan War ends soon after. |
50 | Battle of Caer Caradock |
The British chieftain Caractacus is defeated and captured by the Romans under Ostorius Scapula. |
58 | Salt Battle | Germanic Hermunduri tribe defeat Germanic Chatti tribe over control of the Main River. |
60-61 | Battle of Camulodunum |
A British horde led by Boudica crushes most of the IX Legion under Quintus Petillius Cerialis .
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61 | Battle of Watling Street |
The uprising of the British queen Suetonius Paullinus .
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Siege of Tigranocerta | Parthians siege Roman city until truce agreed to, said truce was extremely brief. | |
62 | Battle of Rhandeia |
Romans under Lucius Caesennius Paetus are defeated by a Parthian-Armenian army under King Tiridates of Parthia. |
66 | Battle of Beth Horon (66) | Jewish rebels defeat a Roman legion, bringing about one of Rome's most severe defeats against rebels in their history. |
67 | Siege of Yodfat | Roman forces under Vespasianus and Titus sack Yodfat after 47 days, killing most of its inhabitants and enslaving the rest.
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Siege of Gamla |
City of First Jewish-Roman War .
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68 | Battle of Vensontio | Governor of Germania Superior Lucius Verginius Rufus defeats the rebellion of Gaius Julius Vindex |
69 | Battle of Bedriacum | 14 April - Vitellius, commander of the Rhine armies, defeats Emperor Otho and seizes the throne. |
Second Battle of Bedriacum |
24 October - Forces under Antonius Primus, the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat the forces of Emperor Vitellius. | |
Battle of Locus Castorum | Armies of Emperors Otho and Vitellius clash in northern Italy, ending in victory for Otho's forces. | |
70 | Siege of Jerusalem (70) |
Second Temple of Jerusalem .
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71 | Battle of Stanwick | Roman forces defeat the Brigantes. |
73 | Battle of Yiwulu | Part of an expedition against the Han victory.
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74 | Siege of Masada | Final Roman defeat of Jewish Sicarii rebels. |
84 | Battle of Mons Graupius | The Romans under Agricola defeat the Caledonians. |
87-88 | First Battle of Tapae |
Battle between the Roman emperor Kingdom of Dacia .
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89 | Battle of Ikh Bayan |
Part of an expedition against the Han victory with massive numbers of prisoners taken. Collapse of Xiongnu Empire.
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2nd century
Year | Battle | Description |
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101 | Second Battle of Tapae | Trajan defeats Decebalus, ending Trajan's Dacian Wars. |
102 | Battle of Adamclisi | Trajan defeats Dacians, Roxolani, & Bastarnae in modern Romania. |
103 | Battle of Gatae | Trajan defeats Dacians. |
106 | Battle of Sarmizegetusa | Trajan victorious in the siege of the Dacian capital of Sarmizegetusa. |
130 | Battle of Venni | Chera rulers.
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140 | Siege of Burnswark |
Romans defeat Selgovae in southern Scotland. |
163 | Siege of Edessa | Parthians take city of Edessa from Rome. |
165 | Siege of Edessa | Romans retake city and massacre Parthian garrison. |
Battle of Ctesiphon | Romans under Avidius Cassius defeat the Parthians, further weakening their Empire. | |
170 | Battle of Carnuntum | Romans under Marcus Aurelius defeated by Marcomanni under Ballomar and their allies the Quadi tribe. |
190 | Battle of Xingyang | Dong Zhuo emerges victorious against Cao Cao. |
191 | Battle of Jieqiao | Yuan Shao's infantry repulses a cavalry charge by rival warlord Gongsun Zan. |
Battle of Yangcheng | Yuan Shao was beaten back by Sun Jian. | |
Battle of Xiangyang | Liu Biao emerges victorious against Sun Jian | |
192 | Battle of Chang'an | Forces led by Li Jue and Guo Si defeat the assassins of Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun and Lü Bu. Wang Yun captured and executed. |
193 | Battle of Cyzicus | Septimius Severus, the new Emperor, defeats his eastern rival Pescennius Niger in the Year of the Five Emperors. |
Battle of Nicaea | Severus again defeats Niger. | |
Battle of Fengqiu | Cao Cao emerges victorious against Yuan Shu. | |
194 | Battle of Issus | Severus defeats Niger for the last time. |
Battle of Yan Province | Cao Cao and Lü Bu battle for control of the region. | |
197 | Battle of Lugdunum | 19 February - Emperor Septimius Severus defeats and kills his rival Clodius Albinus, securing full control over the Empire. |
Battle of Wancheng | Cao Cao flees after Zhang Xiu attacked. | |
198 | Battle of Ctesiphon (198) | Roman forces under Sassanids .
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Battle of Xiapi | Cao Cao and Liu Bei emerges victorious against Lü Bu. | |
199 | Battle of Yijing | Yuan Shao emerges victorious against Gongsun Zan. |
200 | Battle of Guandu | Cao Cao defeats Yuan Shao's numerically superior army and secures domination of the North China plain. |
3rd century
Year | Battle | Description |
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202 | Battle of Bowang | Liu Bei emerges victorious against Xiahou Dun. |
203 | Siege of Garama | Romans led by Emperor Septimus Severus capture Garama, the capital of the Garamantes but soon abandon it.
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208 | Battle of Xiakou | Sun Quan emerges victorious against Huang Zu. |
Battle of Changban | Cao Cao's cavalry catch Liu Bei's forces, disperse his army, and capture most of his baggage train. | |
Battle of Red Cliffs | War of Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao failed to conquer lands of Sun Quan and Liu Bei. | |
Battle of Yiling | Sun Quan emerges victorious against Cao Cao. | |
209 | Battle of Jiangling | Sun Quan & Liu Bei emerge victorious against Cao Cao. |
211 | Battle of Tong Pass |
Cao Cao emerges victorious against Ma Chao. |
213 | Siege of Jicheng | Ma Chao emerges victorious against Cao Cao. |
Battle of Lucheng | Yang Fu emerges victorious against Ma Chao. | |
215 | Battle of Yangping | Cao Cao emerges victorious against Zhang Lu .
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Battle of Baxi |
Zhang Fei emerges victorious against Zhang He. | |
217 | Battle of Nisibis | Artabanus IV battle the new Roman Emperor Macrinus in southern Turkey, ending in a draw.
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Battle of Ruxu | Sun Quan emerges victorious against Cao Cao. | |
218 | Battle of Antioch | Varius Avitus defeats Emperor Macrinus to claim the throne under the name Elagabalus. |
219 | Battle of Mount Dingjun | Liu Bei emerges victorious against Cao Cao. |
Battle of Han River | Liu Bei emerges victorious against Cao Cao. | |
Battle of Fancheng | Cao Ren emerges victorious against Guan Yu. | |
222 | Battle of Xiaoting | Liu Bei's invasion of Lu Xun .
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224 | Battle of Hormizdegan |
Artabanus IV and ending Parthian rule in the Middle East.
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228 | Xincheng Rebellion | Sima Yi emerges victorious against Meng Da. |
Battle of Tianshui |
Shu emerges victorious against Wei. | |
Battle of Jieting | Part of the First Northern Expedition. | |
Battle of Shiting | Wu emerges victorious against Wei. | |
229 | Siege of Chencang | Wei emerges victorious against Shu. |
231 | Battle of Mount Qi | Shu victory against Wei, but strategic defeat. |
234 | Battle of Wuzhang Plains | Part of the Fifth Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang dies. |
235 | Siege of Nisbis | Sassanids capture city.
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Battle at the Harzhorn | Romans under Maximinus Thrax defeat Germanic tribes. | |
238 | Battle of Carthage | Troops loyal to the Roman Emperor Maximinus Thrax defeat and kill the usurper Gordian II. |
Siege of Aquileia | Senate has Maximinus Thrax killed and defeats his supporters. | |
240-241 | Fall of Hatra | Sassanids take city and annex the Kingdom of Hatra .
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243 | Battle of Resaena | Roman forces under Shapur I . Gordian is either killed in battle or murdered before he can exploit his victory.
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244 | Battle of Misiche | The Sassanids defeat Roman forces under Gordian III , who is subsequently killed.
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Battle of Xingshi | Shu emerges victorious against Wei. | |
249 | Battle of Verona | The usurper Decius defeats the army of the Emperor Philip the Arab and kills him in battle. |
250 | Battle of Philippopolis |
King Cuiva of the Goths defeats a Roman army. |
Battle of Nicopolis | Romans under Emperor Decius defeat Goths. | |
Battle of Beroe | Goths defeat a Roman army | |
251 | Battle of Abrittus |
The Goths defeat and kill the Roman Emperor Trajan Decius .
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252 | Siege of Nisbis | Sassanids capture city.
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253 | Battle of Barbalissos | . |
Siege of Antioch | Sassanids take city from Romans.
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254 | Battle of Thermopylae | Romans defeat advancing Goths. |
255 | Battle of Didao | Wei emerges victorious against Shu. |
256 | Siege of Dura-Europos | Sassanids defeat Romans in Syria.
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259 | Battle of Edessa | King Valerian .
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Battle of Mediolanum | Emperor Alamanni after their invasion of northern Italy, leading to the Romans retreating behind the Rhine.
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260 | Siege of Caeserea Cappadocia | King Shapur I of Persia takes city from Romans.
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263 | Battle of Ctesiphon | Sassanids under King Shapur repel siege by Palmyra under Odaenathus .
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267 | Battle of Thermopylae (267) |
Roman forces unsuccessfully try to defend against the Heruli invasion of the Balkans. |
Sack of Athens | Heruli ravage the Greek city and leave permanent damage to its monuments. | |
268 | Battle of Lake Benacus | The Romans under Alamanni .
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269 | Battle of Naissus | Claudius II decisively defeats the Goths, earning the surname Gothicus. |
Siege of Augustodunum Haeduorum | Victorinus claims the throne and defeats the forces of Emperor Claudius Gothicus. | |
270 | Sack of Bostra | Zenobia of Palmyra takes Syria from Rome and drives out the Tanukhids. |
271 | Battle of Placentia | The Emperor Aurelian is defeated by the Alemanni forces invading Italy. |
Battle of Fano | Aurelian defeats the Alemanni, who begin to retreat from Italy. | |
Battle of Pavia | Aurelian destroys the retreating Alemanni army. | |
272 | Battle of Immae | Aurelian defeats the army of Zenobia of Palmyra. |
Battle of Emesa | Aurelian decisively defeats Zenobia. | |
273 | Battle of Palmyra | Romans fight a battle against the Palmyrene Empire and the Blemmyes. |
274 | Battle of Châlons | Aurelian defeats the Gallic usurper Tetricus, reestablishing central control of the whole empire. |
285 | Battle of the Margus | The usurper Diocletian defeats the army of the Emperor Carinus, who is killed. |
296 | Battle of Carrhae | The Romans under the Caesar Galerius are defeated by the Persians under Narseh. |
298 | Battle of Satala | The Romans under the Caesar Galerius rout the Persians under Narseh. |
Battle of Lingones | The Caesar Constantius Chlorus defeats the Alemanni. | |
Battle of Vindonissa | Constantius again defeats the Alemanni. |
See also
- List of Roman battles
References
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