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List of battles before AD 601 - Definition and Overview

Related articles: List of battles - List of battles 1400 BC-AD 600 - List of battles 601-1400 - List of battles 1401-1800 - List of battles 1801-1900 - List of battles 1901-2000 - List of battles 2001-2100 - List of Roman battles

Contents
1 Before 500 BC
2 5th century BC
3 4th century BC
4 3rd century BC
5 2nd century BC
6 1st century BC
7 1st century AD
8 2nd century AD
9 3rd century AD
10 4th century AD
11 5th century AD
12 6th century AD

Before 500 BC

5th century BC

4th century BC

3rd century BC

2nd century BC

1st century BC

  • 89 BC -
    • Battle of Fucine Lake Roman forces under Lucius Porcius Cato are defeated by the Italian rebels in the Social War
    • Battle of Asculum The Roman army of C. Pompeius Strabo decisively defeats the rebels in the Social War.
  • 86 BC Battle of Chaeronea The Roman forces of Lucius Cornelius Sulla defeat the Pontic forces of Archelaus in the First Mithridatic War
  • 85 BC Battle of Orchomenus Sulla again defeats Archelaus in the decisive battle of the First Mithridatic War.
  • 83 BC Battle of Mount Tifata Sulla defeats the popular forces of Caius Norbanus in the First Roman Civil War.
  • 82 BC Battle of Colline Gate Sulla defeats Samnites allied to the popular party in Rome in the decisive battle of the Civil War.
  • 80 BC Battle of the Baetis River Rebel forces under Quintus Sertorius defeat the legal Roman forces of Lucius Fulfidias in Spain.
  • 74 BC Battle of Cyzicus Roman forces under Lucius Lucullus defeat the forces of Mithridates VI of Pontus
  • 72 BC Battle of Cabira Lucullus again defeats Mithridates, overrunning Pontus
  • 69 BC Battle of Tigranocerta Lucullus defeats the army of Tigranes II of Armenia, who was harboring his father-in-law Mithridates VI of Pontus
  • 68 BC Battle of Artaxata Lucullus again defeats Tigranes.
  • 66 BC Battle of the Lycus Pompey the Great decisively defeats Mithridates VI, effectively ending the Third Mithridatic War
  • 62 BC January Battle of Pistoria The forces of the conspirator Catiline are defeated by the loyal Roman armies under Gaius Antonius.
  • 58 BC -
    • June Battle of the Arar (Saone) Caesar defeats the migrating Helvetians
    • July Battle of Bibracte Caesar again defeats the Helvetians, this time decisively.
    • September Caesar decisively defeats the forces of the Germanic chieftain Ariovistus near modern Belfort
  • 57 BC -
    • Battle of the Axona (Aisne) Caesar defeats the forces of the Belgae under King Galba of Suessiones.
    • Battle of the Sabis (Sambre) Caesar defeats the Nervii.
  • 53 BC Battle of Carrhae The Roman Triumvir Crassus is defeated and killed by the Parthians
  • 52 BC
  • 49 BC August 24 Battle of the Bagradas River Caesar's general Gaius Curio is defeated in North Africa by the Pompeians under Attius Varus and King Juba of Numidia. Curio commits suicide.
  • 48 BC -
  • 47 BC -
    • February Battle of the Nile Caesar defeats the forces of the Egyptian king Ptolemy XIII
    • May Battle of Zela Caesar defeats Pharnaces II of Pontus. This is the battle where he famously said Veni, vidi, vici. (I came, I saw, I conquered.)
  • 46 BC February Battle of Thapsus Caesar defeats the Pompeian army of Metellus Scipio in North Africa.
  • 45 BC March 17 Battle of Munda In his last victory, Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Gnaeus Pompey the Younger in Spain. Labienus is killed in the battle and the Younger Pompey captured and executed.
  • 43 BC -
    • April 14 Battle of Forum Gallorum Antony, besieging Caesar's assassin Decimus Brutus in Mutina, defeats the forces of the consul Pansa, who is killed, but is then immediately defeated by the army of the other consul, Hirtius
    • April 21 Battle of Mutina Antony is again defeated in battle by Hirtius, who is killed. Although Antony fails to capture Mutina, Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly thereafter.
  • 42 BC -
  • 41 BC Battle of Perugia Marc Antony's brother Lucius Antonius and his wife Fulvia are defeated by Octavian.
  • 36 BC Battle of Naulochus Octavian's fleet, under the command of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa defeats the forces of the rebel Pompey.
  • 31 BC September 2 Battle of Actium Octavian decisively defeats Antony and Cleopatra in a naval battle near Greece
  • 11 BC Battle of the Lupia River Roman forces under Augustus's stepson Drusus win a victory in Germany.

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