Some battles of the Classical era

West Midlands of England

 

Hereford

0051

Wroxeter

Caractacus defeated

Italy

Sicily

Palermo

Bc251

Panormus

Roman Victory Over Carthage

Africa

Tunisia

Utica

Bc255

Bagradas

Romans invade Africa but are defeated

Italy

Sicily

 

Bc256

Ecnomus

Punic HQ captured after the battle

Italian waters

Sicilian waters

Messina

Bc260

Mylae

Punic naval defeat

Italy

 

Beneventum

Bc275

Benevento

Romans defeat Pyrrhus

Italy

Apulia

Ausculum

Bc279

Ausculum

Pyrrhus wins but is unable to take Rome

Italy

 

Naples

Bc340

Neapolis

Latins defeated by Romans

Italian waters

Sicilian waters

 

Bc36

Naulochus

Octavian defeats Sextus Pompey

Italy

 

Rome

Bc390

River Allia

Celts win and sack Rome

Spain

Andalusia

Malaga

Bc45

Munda

Caesar defeats Pompey’s sons

Africa

Tunisia

Tunis

Bc46

Thapsus

Pompeiian defeat

Mideast

Turkey

Ankara

Bc47

Zela

Caesar defeats Pontus

Southern England

 

London

Bc54

 

Cassivelaunus defeated by Caesar somewhere north of the Thames

France

Burgundy

Macon

Bc58

Mont Beuvray (Bibracte)

Allied to the local Aedui tribe, Caesar defeats migrating Helvetii

Italy

Apulia

 

Bc71

 

Spartacans defeated and crucified

Greece

Boeotia

Thebes

Bc86

Chaeronea

Sulla defeats the Hellenic Mithridates of Pontus

Greece

Boeotia

Thebes

Bc86

Orchomenus

Sulla defeats the Hellenic Mithridates of Pontus

Italy

Lombardy

Milan

Bc101

Vercellae

Marius defeats the Cimbri

France

 

Marseilles

Bc102

Aquae Sextiae

Marius defeats the Teutons

France

Provence

 

Bc105

Orange

Cimbri and Teutons defeat Romans

Mideast

Turkey

Ephesus

Bc190

Magnesia

 

Italy

Romagna

Ravenna

Bc207

Metaurus R

Punic defeat

Italy

Sicily

Palermo

Bc241

Lilybaeum

Romans defeat Carthage

Italian waters

Sicilian waters

Palermo

Bc249

Drepana

Roman naval defeat

Mideast

Israel

Tel Aviv

0066

Beth Horon

Romans defeated by Jewish rebels

France

Burgundy

 

0068

Vesontio

Nero defeats Vindex at the start of a Roman civil war

Italy

Po valley

Cremona

0069

Cremona I

Otho defeated by Vitellius during the “year of 4 Emperors”

Italy

Po valley

Cremona

0069

Cremona II

Vespasian’s Danube legions defeat Vitellius

Mideast

Turkey

Bithynia

0193

Cyzicus

during the “year of 6 Emperors”, Severus and the Danube legions defeat Niger

Mideast

Turkey

Bithynia

0193

Nicaea

Severus defeats Niger

Mideast

Syria

Antioch

0194

Issus

Severus defeats Niger decisively, then marches against Niger’s Parthian allies

France

Lot

Lyon

0197

Lugdunum

Severus defeats Albinus, who commits suicide

Mideast

Iran

 

0216

Arbela

Romans surprise Parthians

Balkans

Romania

Dobruja

0251

Abrittus

Emperor Decius defeated and killed by Goths

Italy

Lombardy

Milano

0259

Mediolanum

Allemani tribe defeated

Central Europe

Switzerland

Rhaetia

0260

 

Romans defeat invading Juthungi tribe

Mideast

Syria

Edessa

0260

Edessa

Valerian captured by Persians

Mideast

Iraq

 

0266

Ctesiphon

Odenathus of Palmyra defeats Persians before their capital

Balkans

Serbia

 

0268

Naissus

Goths defeated by Gallienus

Mideast

Turkey

Cappadocia

0270

Tyana

Romans defeat Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra

France

Champagne

Chalons

0274

Durocatalauni

Aurelian defeats Tetricus, the last Gallic Emperor

Italy

Piedmont

Turin

0312

Taurinorum

Constantine defeats Maxentius

Italy

Lombardy

Verona

0312

Verona

Constantine defeats Maxentius

Italy

 

Rome

0312

Milvian Bridge

Constantine defeats Maxentius

Balkans

Serbia

Vincovc

0316

Cibalae

Constantine defeats Licinius

Mideast

Turkey

Bithynia

0324

Üsküdar

Final defeat of Licinius by Constantine

France

Vendee

 

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