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Roman–Hunnic battles (447–452) 447 – Battle of the Utus – The Eastern Romans fought an indecisive battle with Huns led by Attila. 450 – Huns led by Attila invaded Gaul. [17] 451, 20 June – Battle of the Catalaunian Plains – The Romans with Flavius Aetius and the Visigoths with Theodoric, defend against Attila, ruler of the Hunnic ...
The following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. ... Battle of Telamon: 225 BC Roman–Gallic wars: 56,000+ Battle of Ticinus:
Battle of Solicinium: Romans under Emperor Valentinian I defeat yet another Alemanni incursion. 373: Battle of the Tanais River: The Huns defeat the Alans near the Don, beginning the great period of the Germanic migrations. [citation needed] 377: Battle of the Willows: Roman troops fight an inconclusive battle against the Goths. Battle of Dibaltum
91–87 BC: Social War, between Rome and many of its fellow Italian allies – Roman victory. [5] 89 BC – Battle of Fucine Lake – Roman forces under Lucius Porcius Cato are defeated by the Italian rebels. 89 BC – Battle of Asculum – Roman army of C. Pompeius Strabo decisively defeats the rebels.
Battle of Carnuntum; Battle of Carrhae (296) Capture of Carthage (439) Vandal conquest of Roman Africa; Battle of Carthage (238) Battle of Châlons (274) Battle of the Catalaunian Plains; Chronology of warfare between the Romans and Germanic peoples; Battle of Chrysopolis; Battle of Cibalae; Battle of Constantinople (378) Battle of Corsica ...
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.
[185] [186] The Roman Senate authorised the raising of a force of 86,000 men, the largest in Roman history to that point. [187] [188] Paullus and Varro marched southward to confront Hannibal, who accepted battle on the open plain near Cannae.
This battle is said to be the largest, most hard-fought, and bloodiest of all clashes between Roman forces. [1] According to English historian Edward Gibbon, the Roman historian Cassius Dio placed the total number of Roman soldiers engaged for both sides combined at 150,000. [2]