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509 BCE
The Battle of Silva Arsia
This battle marks the creation of the Republic.
Lucius Junius Brutus the founder of the Republic was killed in the battle. -
390 BCE
The Battle of Allia
This was the first time Rome got sacked.
The Romans were completely destroyed by the Gauls at the battle of Allia. -
320 BCE
The Battle of the Caudine Forks
The war/argument Was against the Samnites.
There was no bloodshed on the battlefield. -
280 BCE
The Battle of Heraclea
Was the first time the Roman Legion and the Macedonian Phalanx met in Battle.
The enemy won but lost so many men they could no longer fight which is where the term fruitless victory was made. -
218 BCE
Battle Of The Trebia
The Carthaginian general Hannibal lead the opposing forces.
Hannibals army was very weak after crossing the alps but still beat a roman force much larger than them. -
217 BCE
Battle Of Lake Trasimene
The soldiers that had escaped from the Battle of Trebia met hannibal again but this time they were all killed in the battle.
Almost all of the Roman army was killed in this batle. -
216 BCE
The Battle of Cannae
The opposing army was much stronger the Romans.
The opposing army used a unique crescent shape army organization that helped them against the Roman army. -
211 BCE
Battle Of The Upper Baetis
The opposing forces were led by Hasdrubal.
Hasdrubal happened to be Hannibal's Brother and another great Carthaginian general. -
202 BCE
The Battle of Zama
The battle of Zama was between the Carthaginians and the Romans.
The Carthaginians used 50,000 infantry and 80 elephants to fight in the battle. -
197 BCE
The Battle of Cynoscephalae
8,000 dead and 5,000 Macedonianscaptured after the battle and only 700 dead Romans.
The Macedonians then surrendered to the Romans but the Romans still slaughtered them. -
190 BCE
The Battle of Magnesia
Rome had 30,000 men all together.
Macedonia lost 50,000 infantry, 3,000 cavalry, 1,500 prisoners, and 15 elephants. -
168 BCE
The Battle of Pydna
Macedonia lost 20,000 Macedonian, 6,000 that fled to Pydna were captured and killed, and 5,000 were made prisoners.When Rome arrived the Macedonian phalanx was already assembled so the Romans simply stepped back and setup camp. -
57 BCE
The Battle of The Sabis
The enemies lost almost 59,500 men and all their allied forces.
Rome was thought to have heavy losses but there was no certain number on how many me were lost. -
52 BCE
The Battle of Alesia
Considered one of Julius Caesar's greatest victories.The battle expanded Rome’s territories over modern day France, Belgium, Switzerland and northern Italy. -
61
The Battle of Watling Street
Few of the rebels that fought in the battle had an actual weapon or armour. The Romans inflicted massive damage from its ranged weapons on the unarmored rebels. -
105
The Battle of Arausio
The battle happened near modern day Southern France.
Rome lost almost 80,000 Troops in the battle. -
260
Battle Of Edessa
This was the first battle that a Roman emperor had ever been captured in. The Romans were struck by the plague shortly after a small skirmish with the enemy which weakened them greatly for the main battle. -
261
The Battle of Abrittus
The battle happened in the modern city of Razgrad,Bulgaria.The Romans were led by Decius and his son Herennius. -
368
Battle Of Adrianople
Almost two thirds of the Roman army was killed in the battle.Historians called this the battle that started the collapse of the western Roman Empire. -
468
The Battle of Cap Bon
The Romans lost almost 70% of their fleet in the battle.The Romans had almost 1,000 ships and 100,000 men in their fleet for the expedition which was dubbed one of the largest military expeditions of the ancient world.
