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390 BCE
Battle of the Allia
-390 BC
-Group of mercenaries was allied with Dionysus 1st
-Romans didn’t expect a good fight
-Romans had to retreat due to the enemies fighting style
-The siege went on for seven months -
280 BCE
Battle of Heraclea
-280 BC Siris river ran between the two armies
-Roman got scared of the elephants because they have never seen them Romans crossed the river to fight -
235 BCE
Battle at the Harzhorn
-Roman troops came from the North and happened in Germany
-The Germans had artillery -
216 BCE
Battle of Cannae
-216 BC
-Hannibal’s army camped along a river called Aufidus
-Rome’s army had 80,000 men
-Hannibal had 50,000
-August 2nd -
211 BCE
Battle of Upper Baetis
-Resulted in Battle of Castulo and Battle of Iloca
-Rome had 40,000 casualties -
202 BCE
Battle of Zama
-In the year of 202 BC
-Would be the deciding battle of the world’s two greatest powers
-Hannibal’s army had elephants that charged into their cavalry in battle
-Rome won the battle
-October 19th -
197 BCE
Battle of Cynoscephalae
-Happened 197 BC
-Flaminus was put in charge with 26,000 men
-The battle ended with Rome getting victory
-Flaminus ordered the enemies pay him 1,000 talents and make the -enemy's army smaller
-Thessaly Greece -
191 BCE
Battle of Thermopylae
-191 BC first major battle of the Roman-Seleucid War
-Asia was there only friends -
190 BCE
Battle of Magnesia
-Happened 190 BC
-Battle against the Seleucid army
-Rome had 70,000 men
-Scipio had 30,000 men
-Near Lynia -
168 BCE
Battle of Pydna
-20,000 Macedonians died and only 100 Romans died
- Rome won this battle -
146 BCE
Battle of Corinth
-Fought between Roman Republic and Greek city-state
-Woman and children sold into slavery and men were put to the sword -
57 BCE
Battle of the Sabis
-57 BC
-Roman military had adapted to the new fighting style of Marian Reforms
-Rome was escorting a baggage train -
52 BCE
Battle of Alesia
-52 BC and Gaul had 60,000 men to defend the hill
-Gauls launched constant attacks on work crews trying to build a wall around the hill -
42 BCE
Battle of Philippi
-Battle between Mark Antony and Julius Cesar and happened in 42 BC
-Mark tried to cut the enemies supply line -
31 BCE
Battle of Actium
-Off the western coast of Greece and happened 31 BC
-Octavian declared war on Cleopatra and Cleopatra broke away with 60 ships -
9
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
-Germans destroyed the Romans and happened at Kalkriese
-Happened 9 AC -
61
Battle of Watling Street
-Romans and Icenti met at a field near a road called Watling Street
-The Briton’s had no armor or protection
-Icenti had 100,000 men -
70
Siege of Jerusalem
-70 AC Roman army blockade
-Rome general Pompey captured Jerusalem and massacred the population -
269
Battle of Lake Benacus
-269 AD fought on the banks of Lake Garda
-Romans under the command of Claudius the 2nd
Rome victory -
537
Siege of Rome
-Lasted March 2nd 537 through March 12th 538 and location is Rome
-Belisarius destroyed the town’s freshwater source
