Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Later Roman and Greco-Roman historians largely follow Livy's figures. Appian gave 50,000 killed and "a great many" taken prisoner. [81] Plutarch agreed, "50,000 Romans fell in that battle... 4,000 were taken alive in the field and 10,000 in the camps of both consuls". [2] Quintilian: "60,000 men were slain by Hannibal at Cannae". [82]
The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, also called the Varus Disaster or Varian Disaster (Latin: Clades Variana) by Roman historians, was a major battle between Germanic tribes and the Roman Empire that took place somewhere near modern Kalkriese from September 8–11, 9 AD, when an alliance of Germanic peoples ambushed three Roman legions led by Publius Quinctilius Varus and their auxiliaries.
Roman Republic vs. Gauls and allies Gaul Jewish–Roman wars: 0.35–1.4 million [79] [80] 66–135 Roman Empire vs. Judean provisional government: Fertile Crescent War of the Spanish Succession: 0.4–1.25 million [81] [82] 1701–1714 Habsburg Spain, Great Britain, Holy Roman Empire, and allies vs. Bourboun Spain, Kingdom of France, and ...
The Romans set the structure ablaze, and all perished. [104] [105] Josephus attributes the tragedy to "false prophets" who urged people to ascend the Temple Mount, claiming it would bring salvation. [104] The Romans then moved to systematically destroy the rest of the Temple Mount, [106] razing the remaining porticoes, treasuries, and gates.
Roman invasion of Caledonia (208-211) - Roman forces led by Septimius Severus invade Caledonia because massive increase in raids and attacks on Roman Britain, but Romans are forced to withdraw to Hadrian's Wall after the emperor became ill and died at Eboracum on 4 February 211, suffering heavy casualties. Romans never campaigned deep into ...
[36] [37] The remaining Romans at Carrhae attempted to flee, but most were captured or killed. According to the ancient historian Plutarch, Roman casualties amounted to about 20,000 killed and 10,000 captured, [38] which made the battle one of the costliest defeats in Roman history. Parthian casualties were minimal.
Coin of Pescennius Niger, a Roman usurper who claimed imperial power AD 193–194. Legend: IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG. While the imperial government of the Roman Empire was rarely called into question during its five centuries in the west and fifteen centuries in the east, individual emperors often faced unending challenges in the form of usurpation and perpetual civil wars. [30]
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.