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Battle of Carteia – Roman fleet under Gaius Laelius defeats a Carthaginian fleet under Adherbal; 204 BC – Battle of Crotona – Hannibal fights a drawn battle against the Roman general Sempronius in Southern Italy. 203 BC – Battle of Bagbrades – Romans under Scipio defeat the Carthaginian army of Hasdrubal Gisco and Syphax. Hannibal is ...
Because the study of Roman civil war has been deeply influenced by historic Roman views on civil war, not all entries on this list may be considered civil wars by modern historians. Implicit in most Roman power struggles was a propaganda battle, which impacted how the struggle would be chronicled and referred to.
Battle of Campi Cannini; 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 ...
Battle of Carrhae: 53 BC Roman–Persian Wars: 24,000 [185] Battle of Pharsalus: 48 BC Caesar's Civil War: 17,000 [186] Battle of Philippi: 42 BC Liberators' civil war: 24,000 [187] Battle of Actium: 31 BC Final War of the Roman Republic: 7,500+ [188] Battle of the Teutoburg Forest: AD 9 Roman–Germanic wars: 20,000 [189] Battle of Idistaviso ...
The first Battle of Lake Vadimo was fought in 310 BC between Rome and the Etruscans, and ended up being the largest battle between these nations. The Romans were victorious, gaining land and influence in the region. The Etruscans sustained heavy losses in the battle and would never again reclaim their previous glory. [1]
The second Battle of Lake Vadimo was fought in 283 BC between Rome and the combined forces of the Etruscans and the Gallic tribes of the Boii and the Senones. The Roman army was led by consul Publius Cornelius Dolabella. The result of the battle was a Roman victory.
The advance at the proper moment of the African infantry, and its wheel right and left upon the flanks of the disordered and crowded Roman legionaries, is far beyond praise. The whole battle, from the Carthaginian standpoint, is a consummate piece of art, having no superior, few equal, examples in the history of war. [103]
The First Jewish-Roman War, sometimes called The Great Revolt, was the first of three major rebellions by the Jews of Judaea against the Roman Empire. [301] According to Fergus Millar, the revolt represents "the best-attested series of operations by the Roman army in the entire history of the Empire."