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498 BCE
First Latin War
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Period: 498 BCE to 493 BCE
First Latin War
It was a war between Latins and Rome. Peace was offered but a raid was launched into Roman territory, after that there was no talk of peace. In 381 Volsci and Praenestines joined together to take down Roman colony of Satricum. In 503 BC Pometia and Cora revolted against Rome. Titus Lartius was Rome's first dictator. -
343 BCE
First Samnite War
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Period: 343 BCE to 341 BCE
First Samnite War
Is was a war between Rome and the Samnite hill tribes. The war started by the Samnite trying to expand west. The Campanians sent envoys to Rome asking for help. The first senate refused to turn on their allies. Valerius won his second war that made his win the war. -
340 BCE
Second Latin War
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Period: 340 BCE to 338 BCE
Second Latin War
It was the second war between Roman Republic and its neighbors the Latin. The war ended the dissolution of the Latin League. Rome sent ten leading men among the Latins when they found out about the Latins' secret talks with the Campanians. The latins that were forced to leave Campania moved to Latium. Rome won the war and made some of the Latin towns Rome. -
326 BCE
Second Samnite War
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Period: 326 BCE to 304 BCE
Second Samnite War
It was a war between Rome and the Samnites. The war was started by Rome trying to expand in the Samnites territory . The Samnites had twice the amount of land then Rome. From 311 and 304 the Romans won multiply victories from the Samnites and Etruscans. A lot of tribes were joining the Samnites but they still lost and Rome won. -
298 BCE
Third Samnite War
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Period: 298 BCE to 290 BCE
Third Samnite War
This was the third war between the Romans and the Samnites. This war started by trying to take over most of central and southern Italy. In 294 the Samnites raided three of the Romans Armies. In 291 BC Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges defeated the Samnites largest city. After the war the Romans went to take over the Sabines. -
280 BCE
Pyrrhic War
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Period: 280 BCE to 275 BCE
Pyrrhic War
It was a war between the Pyrrhus/Tarentum and the Romans. The Tarentum attacked a Roman fleet which made the Romans declare war. The Tarentums later ask the Pyrrhus for help. There were two battles in 280 BC, Battle of Heraclea and Battle of Asculum. The last battle fought in this war is the Battle of Beneventum which was fought in 275. -
264 BCE
First Punic War
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Period: 264 BCE to 241 BCE
First Punic War
It was the first of three was between the Ramones and the Ancient Carthage. In 264 the Battle of Messana was fought for Rome trying to take over the city of Messina. In 262 the Battle of Agrigentum took seven months. Rome attempted the second largest scale land operation in 256/255 BC. Rome won the war with there navy. -
229 BCE
First Illyrian War
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Period: 229 BCE to 228 BCE
First Illyrian War
The Romans and the Italian trades routes were suffering so much that Rome had to do something. In 229 BC Rome took control of the island of Illyria. Dyrrhachium and Issa fell under Romes ‘protection’. In 228 BC Illyricum made peace. Teuta was forced to cede portions of her kingdom along the coast to Roman control. -
225 BCE
Roman-Gallic War
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Period: 225 BCE to 200 BCE
Roman-Gallic War
It was a war between Rome and Gauls and many more. 390 BC: Brennus lead an army and defeated Rome's army in the battle of Battle of the Allia 298-290 BC: The Samnites attacked making it the Third Samnite War. 225 BC: The Gauls defeated the Romans first but later the Romans defeated the Gauls. The Romans beat all of the other groups. -
220 BCE
Second Illyrian War
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Period: 220 BCE to 219 BCE
Second Illyrian War
It was the second war between the Roman and the Illyrians. In 219 BC, the Romans were at war with the Celts of Cisalpine Gaul. In 220 BC an attack was sent out but failed. The Demetrius eventually captured 50 ships after that attack. The Romans beat the Illyrians. -
218 BCE
Second Punic War
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Period: 218 BCE to 201 BCE
Second Punic War
It was the second war between Rome and Carthage. It is also called The Hannibalic War or by the Romans the War Against Hannibal. In 219 Carthaginian general Hannibal's conquest of the pro-Roman Iberian city of Saguntum, which started the war. The Scipio brothers captured Saguntum in 212 BC. The Romans beat the Carthage. -
214 BCE
First Macedonian War
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Period: 214 BCE to 205 BCE
First Macedonian War
It was a war between Rome and Macedonian. By 208 BC, the Philip invaded the Aetolians without their ally. In 205 BC, Scipio's invasion forced Hannibal to go back to Carthage and Rome finally dealt with Philip. At the end of 205 BC the Philip got to keep all the stuff they took over because of a peace treaty. The Romans beat the Macedonians. -
200 BCE
Second Macedonian War
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Period: 200 BCE to 196 BCE
Second Macedonian War
It was the second war between Rome and Macedonian. Rome enters the war in 200 BC. In 196 Flamininus proclaimed the 'Freedom of the Greeks'. The Philip were forced to abandon all their possessions in southern Greece, Thrace and Asia Minor. The Romans beat the Macedonians. -
195 BCE
Roman-Spartan War
It was a war between Rome and Antiochus III. The war was a cold war which had started in 196. Antiochus led an army to Hellespont to set them free. In the Treaty of Apamea, the Seleucids were forced to give up Asia Minor. The Romans beat Antiochus III. -
192 BCE
Roman-Seleucid War
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Period: 192 BCE to 188 BCE
Roman-Seleucid War
It was a war between Rome and Sparta. Nabis signed a peace treaty with Rome but later betrayed them. By 192, Nabis who had built a new fleet and strengthened his army, besieged Gythium. Sparta lost its position as a major power in Greece after the war. The Romans defeated Sparta. -
191 BCE
Aetolian War
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Period: 191 BCE to 189 BCE
Aetolian War
It was a war between Rome and their Achaean and Macedonian allies and the Aetolian League and their allies. The war started over them having a dispute over a peace treaty. Aetolians siege lasted for two months. The Achaeans were forced to pay 1,000 talents of silver to the Romans when they lost. The Romans came out victorious. -
189 BCE
Galatian War
It was a war between Rome and Galatian Gauls. Gallic tribes of Galatia emigrated from Asia Minor almost 100 years prior to the ensuing military engagement. The Galatian lost the battle on Mount Olympus The Galatian where sued for peace The Romans beat the Galatian Gauls. -
181 BCE
First Celtiberian War
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Period: 181 BCE to 179 BCE
First Celtiberian War
It was a war between Rome and Celtiberian. In 179 BC, Gracchus and Lucius Postumius Albinus had their commands extended. People of the town of Complega, went to Gracchus’ camp pretending to be peace negotiators. Appian wrote that Gracchus' ‘treaties were longed for in subsequent wars’. The Romans beat the Celtiberian. -
171 BCE
Third Macedonian War
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Period: 171 BCE to 168 BCE
Third Macedonian War
It was the third war between Rome and Macedonian. In 172 BC, Eumenesbegan making accusations against Perseus that he was violating Pergamum's territory. In 168 BC L. Aemilius Paullus arrived and immediately set about training and organizing his army. The worst victim of the Roman victory, however, was Epirus The Romans beat the Macedonian. -
169 BCE
Third Illyrian War
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Period: 169 BCE to 167 BCE
Third Illyrian War
It was the third war between Rome and Illyrian. Gentius accompanied the new anti-Roman orientation in Illyrian. Caravantius detached 1,000 infantry and 50 horsemen and attacked the Cavii. Rome captured of many royal flags, other booty, the furniture of the king himself when they won. The Romans beat the Illyrian.
