List of battles -
List of battles 1400 BC-AD 600 -
List of battles 601-1400 -
List of battles 1401-1800 -
List of battles 1801-1900 -
List of battles 1901-forward
Before 500 BC
Fifth Century before the Common Era
- 496 BC Battle of Lake Regillus[?] - A legendary early Roman victory, won over either the Etruscans or the Latins
- 494 BC Battle of Lade[?] - defeat of the Ionian Revolt against Persia
- 490 BC Battle of Marathon August or September. Athens under Miltiades defeat the punitive Persian expedition of Darius I of Persia and Artaphernes[?], Phidippides dies after running a long distance to tell the Athenians of the victory
- 480 BC -
- 479 BC -
- 474 BC Battle of Cumae[?] The Syracusans under Hiero I[?] defeat the Etruscans and end Etruscan expansion in southern Italy.
- 466 BC Battle of the Eurymedon[?] Athenians under Cimon defeat the Persians in a great naval battle.
- 457 BC -
- 446 BC Battle of Coronea (446 BC)[?] The Athenians are driven from Boeotia
- 450 BC Battle of Salamis (in Cyprus)[?] Athenians under Cimon defeat the Persian fleet.
- 429 BC -
- 426 BC -
- 425 BC -
- 424 BC Battle of Delium[?] Another Athenian invasion of Boeotia is defeated
- 422 BC Battle of Amphipolis[?]. The Spartans under Brasidas defeat the Athenians under Cleon. Both generals are killed.
- 418 BC Battle of Mantinea (418 BC)[?] The Spartans under King Agis II[?] defeat the Argives, Mantineans, and Athenians.
- 413 BC Battle of Syracuse[?] The Athenian expedition in Sicily, under Nicias and Demosthenes, is utterly destroyed.
- 411 BC Battle of Cynossema[?] The Athenians under Alcibiades defeat the Spartan fleet.
- 410 BC Battle of Cyzicus[?] The Athenian fleet, under the leadership of Alcibiades, destroys the Spartan fleet.
- 406 BC -
- 405 BC Battle of Aegospotami last battle in Peloponnesian War, navy of Athens, under Conon is destroyed by Lysander
- 401 BC Battle of Cunaxa Cyrus the Younger revolts against Artaxerxes II of Persia with help of ten thousand Greek mercenaries, including Xenophon, but is defeated
Fourth Century before the Common Era
Third Century before the Common Era
- 298 BC Battle of Camerinum[?] - The Samnites defeat the Romans under Lucius Cornelius Scipio[?] in the first battle of the Third Samnite War[?].
- 295 BC Battle of Sentinum[?] - The Romans under Fabius Rullianus and Publius Decimus Mus defeat the Samnites and their Etruscan and Gallic allies, causing the Etruscans, Gauls, and Umbrians to make peace
- 293 BC Battle of Aquilonia[?] - The Samnites are finally defeated for the last time by the Romans.
- 285 BC Battle of Arretium[?] A Roman army under Lucius Caecilius is destroyed by the Gauls
- 283 BC Battle of Lake Vadimo (283 BC)[?] 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 Corupedion[?] - 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, but at great cost.
- 279 BC Battle of Asculum[?] - Pyrrhus again defeats the Romans.
- 275 BC Battle of Beneventum[?] - Pyrrhus is finally defeated by the Romans under Marcus Curius Dentatus.
- 262 BC Battle of Agrigentum[?] - Carthaginian forces under Hannibal Gisco and Hanno are defeated by the Romans, giving them control of most of Sicily.
- 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 sea.
- 258 BC Battle of Cos[?] Naval victory of Antiochus II Theos over Ptolemy II
- 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.
- Battle of Adys[?] The Romans under Regulus defeat the Carthaginians in North Africa
- 255 BC Battle of Tunes[?] The Carthaginians under Xanthippus, a Greek mercenary, defeat the Romans under Regulus, who is captured.
- 251 BC Battle of Panormus[?] - Carthaginian forces under Hasdrubal are defeated by the Romans under L. Caecilius Metellus.
- 249 BC Battle of Drepana[?] - Carthaginians under Adherbal defeat the fleet of Roman admiral Claudius Pulcher[?].
- 242 BC Battle of the Aegates Islands[?] Roman sea victory over the Carthaginians, ending the First Punic War
- 238 BC Battle of Utica[?] Rebellious Carthaginian mercenaries are defeated by the loyal troops of Hamilcar Barca
- 225 BC Battle of Faesulae[?] The Romans are defeated by the Gauls of Northern Italy.
- 224 BC Battle of Telamon[?] The Romans under Aemilius Papus and Caius Atilius Regulus defeat the Gauls.
- 222 BC -
- 218 BC -
- 217 BC -
- 216 BC -
- 215 BC Second Battle of Nola[?] Marcellus again repulses an attack by Hannibal.
- 214 BC Third Battle of Nola[?] Marcellus fights an inconclusive battle with Hannibal.
- 212 BC -
- 211 BC -
- 210 BC -
- 209 BC -
- 208 BC Battle of Baecula[?] The Romans in Spain under P. Cornelius Scipio the Younger defeat Hasdrubal Barca[?]
- 207 BC -
- 206 BC Battle of Ilipa[?] Scipio again decisively defeats the remaining Carthaginian forces in Spain.
- 204 BC Battle of Crotona[?] Hannibal fights a drawn battle against the Roman general Sempronius in Southern Italy.
- 203 BC Battle of Bagbrades[?] The Romans under Scipio defeat the Carthaginian army of Hasdrubal Gisco and Syphax[?]. Hannibal is sent to return to Africa.
- 202 BC Battle of Zama Oct 19 Scipio Africanus Major decisively defeats Hannibal in North Africa, ending the Second Punic War
- 201 BC Battle of Chios[?] Philip V of Macedon is defeated at sea by the Egyptians, Rhodians, and Pergamese
- 200 BC Battle of Cremona (200 BC)[?] Roman forces defeat the Gauls of Cisalpine Gaul[?]
Second Century before the Common Era
First Century before the Common Era
- 89 BC -
- 86 BC Battle of Chaeronea[?] The Roman forces of Lucius Cornelius Sulla defeat the Pontic forces of Archelaus in the First Mithridatic War[?]
- 85 BC Battle of Orchomenus[?] Sulla again defeats Archelaus in the decisive battle of the First Mithridatic War.
- 83 BC Battle of Mount Tifata[?] Sulla defeats the popular forces of Caius Norbanus in the First Roman Civil War.
- 82 BC Battle of Colline Gate[?] Sulla defeats Samnites[?] allied to the popular party in Rome in the decisive battle of the Civil War.
- 80 BC Battle of the Baetis River[?] Rebel forces under Quintus Sertorius[?] defeat the legal Roman forces of Lucius Fulfidias in Spain.
- 74 BC Battle of Cyzicus[?] Roman forces under Lucius Lucullus[?] defeat the forces of Mithridates VI[?] of Pontus
- 72 BC Battle of Cabira[?] Lucullus again defeats Mithridates, overrunning Pontus
- 69 BC Battle of Tigranocerta[?] Lucullus defeats the army of Tigranes I of Armenia, who was harboring his father-in-law Mithridates VI of Pontus
- 68 BC Battle of Artaxata[?] Lucullus again defeats Tigranes.
- 66 BC Battle of the Lycus[?] Pompey the Great decisively defeats Mithridates VI, effectively ending the Third Mithridatic War[?]
- 62 BC January Battle of Pistoria[?] The forces of the conspirator Catiline are defeated by the loyal Roman armies under Gaius Antonius.
- 58 BC -
- 57 BC -
- 53 BC Battle of Carrhae[?] The Roman Triumvir[?] Crassus is defeated and killed by the Parthians
- 52 BC Battle of Alesia Caesar defeats the Gallic rebel Vercingetorix, completing the Roman conquest of Transalpine Gaul.
- 49 BC August 24 Battle of the Bagradas River[?] Caesar's general Gaius Curio is defeated in North Africa by the Pompeians under Attius Varus and King Juba of Numidia. Curio commits suicide.
- 48 BC -
- 47 BC -
- 46 BC February Battle of Thapsus[?] Caesar defeats the Pompeian army of Metellus Scipio in North Africa.
- 45 BC March 17 Battle of Munda[?] 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 and the Younger Pompey captured and executed.
- 43 BC -
- April 14 Battle of Forum Gallorum[?] Antony, besieging Caesar's assasin 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
- April 21 Battle of Mutina[?] 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 -
- 41 BC Battle of Perugia[?] Marc Antony's brother Lucius Antonius and his wife Fulvia are defeated by Octavian.
- 36 BC Battle of Naulochus[?] Octavian's fleet, under the command of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa defeats the forces of the rebel Pompey.
- 31 BC September 2 Battle of Actium Octavian decisively defeats Antony and Cleopatra in a naval battle near Greece
- 11 BC Battle of the Lupia River[?] Roman forces under Augustus's stepson Drusus win a victory in Germany.
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