Wars and Battles Ancient Rome

The battle of Silva Arsia

509 BCE

the birth of the republic. This battle was between the Republican forces of ancient Rome and Etruscan forces of Tarquinii and Veii. The battle got its name because it took place in Silva Arsia on Roman territory. This war resulted in Roman victory.

The battle of Cynoscephalae

364 BCE

The battle of Cynoscephalae was the decisive battle of the First Macedonian War and was the first of a series of victories won by Roman legions over the Greek phalanx that ended three centuries of Greek dominance on the battlefield.

The battle of Heraclea

280 BCE

this battle was between the Romans and the combined forces of Greeks from Epirus, Tarentum, Thurii, Metapontum, and Heraclea. The Romans were under the command of consul Publius Valerius Laevinus and the combined forces under the command of Pyrrhus king of Epirus.

First Punic war

264 BCE

first of three wars between the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian empire. This war was fought to embellish control over the strategic islands of Corsica and Sicily. It ended up destroying Carthage.

The battle of Agrigentum

261 BCE

was the first major engagement between Rome and Carthage, this war resulted in both Roman victory and Roman control over Sicily.

Second Punic war

218 BCE

also known as the second Carthaginian war was the second in the series of wars between the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian

The battle of Cannae

216 BCE

was a huge disaster for the Roman army. This battle was between Rome and Carthage and took place near the ancient village of Cannae, in southern Apulia, south-eastern Italy.

Third Punic war

149 BCE

also called the third Carthaginian war was the third of three wars, it resulted in the final destruction of Carthage.

The battle of Carthage

149 BCE

Rome defeated the Carthaginian rivals, this battle was an act of Roman aggression. The motives for this were revenge for earlier wars.

Third servile war

73 BCE

the last in the series of slave rebellions against the Roman Republic.

The battle of Alesia

52 BCE

one of Julius Caesar greatest victories. This victory completed the Roman conquest of Gaul, it also made Caesar powerful enough to embark on civil wars, this made him dictator of Rome.

Caesar's civil war

49 BCE

was one of the last politico-military conflicts in the Roman Republic before the establishment of the Roman Empire.

The battle of Actium

31 BCE

was a naval battle in the north of Acarnania, on the western coast of Greece, where Octavian became the undisputed master of the Roman world.

The battle of the Teutoburg Forest

9

was the massacre of three Roman legions.

The battle of Abritus

251

this battle occurred in the roman provenance of Moesia and was between the Roman Empire and a federation of Scythian tribesman under the Goth king Cniva.

The battle of the Milvian Bridge

312

this war was an important war for its role in the advance of Christianity as it was established as the empires official religion. The battle got its name as it was fought at Milvian Bridge outside Rome.

The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains

451

this battle stopped Attila the Hun.