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Roman–Sasanian War of 421–422 - The Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II declared war against the Persians and obtained some victories, but in the end, the two powers agreed to sign a peace on the status quo ante. 422 – Battle of Tarraco – The Vandal king Gunderic defeat the Western Romans, making the Vandals the undisputed masters of ...
The Battle of Cannae (/ ˈ k æ n i,-eɪ,-aɪ /; [c] Latin: [ˈkanːae̯]) was a key engagement of the Second Punic War between the Roman Republic and Carthage, fought on 2 August 216 BC near the ancient village of Cannae in Apulia, southeast Italy.
• Battle of Leyte Gulf: The largest air-sea battle in history. • Operation Queen: was a joint British-American operation during World War II at the Western Front between Aachen and the Rur river. • Battle of Mindoro • Battle of Vianden: The only major open battle fought between the Luxembourgish Resistance against German forces ...
World War II: 1,662 Last battle of Bismarck: 1941 World War II: 2,249 Battle of Cape Matapan: 1941 World War II: 2,303 Battle of Cape Bon: 1941 World War II: 817 Battle of the Java Sea: 1942 World War II: 2,336 Battle of Midway: 1942 World War II: 3,364 Battle of Santa Cruz Islands: 1942 World War II: 766 Battle of Savo Island: 1942 World War ...
The Decisive Battles of the Western World and their Influence upon History, 3 vols. (Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1954–1956) Volume 1: From the earliest times to the battle of Lepanto; Volume 2: From the defeat of the Spanish Armada to the battle of Waterloo; Volume 3: From the American Civil War to the end of the Second World War
The Battle of Lake Trasimene was fought when a Carthaginian force under Hannibal Barca ambushed a Roman army commanded by Gaius Flaminius on 21 June 217 BC, during the Second Punic War. The battle took place on the north shore of Lake Trasimene , to the south of Cortona , and resulted in a heavy defeat for the Romans.
[137] [246] [247] Despite the loss of a large army almost to the man of Varus' famous defeat at the hands of the Germanic leader Arminius in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD, [248] [249] [250] Rome recovered and continued its expansion up to and beyond the borders of the known world. Roman armies under Germanicus pursued several more ...
Summer: Battle of Petelia – Hannibal ambushes and destroys a small Roman force; Battle of Clupea – The Carthaginian navy is defeated in a battle off the African coast. 207 BC Spring: Battle of Grumentum – Roman consul Gaius Claudius Nero fought an indecisive battle with Hannibal, then marched north to confront Hasdrubal Barca, who had ...