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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 ...
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 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 ...
Pages in category "Battles involving the Holy Roman Empire" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 216 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. ... Roman–Gallic wars: 56,000+ Battle of Ticinus: 218 BC Second Punic War ...
[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.
Spring: Battle of Grumentum – Roman consul Gaius Claudius Nero fought an indecisive battle with Hannibal, then marched north to confront Hasdrubal Barca, who had invaded Italy. 23 June: Battle of the Metaurus – Hasdrubal Barca was defeated and killed by Livius and Nero's combined Roman army. Is thought by many as one of the most decisive ...
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.