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Battles of the ancient world

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Legend has it that the Greek messenger Pheidippides ran to Athens with news of the victory, but collapsed upon arrival. This is the inspiration for the modern race
Battle of Zama (202 BC)
The Battle of Chalons (or Catalaunian Fields) (AD 451)
Battle of Adrianople (AD 378)
Battle of Marathon (490 BC)
Battle of Marathon (490 BC)
The Greeks were betrayed by Ephialtes, who told the Persians about a path that led behind the Spartans.
Teutoburg Forest (AD 9)
Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC)
Battle of Actium (31 BC)
Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC)
The Theban victory shattered Sparta's immense influence over the Greek peninsula which Sparta had gained since its victory in the Peloponnesian War.
Asculum (279 BC)
Battle of Aegospotami (405 BC)
Leuctra (371 BC)
Battle of Alesia (52 BC)
Leuctra (371 BC)
The battle was part of Themistocles' plan to halt the advance of the Persians. The other part of his plan was to block the Persian navy at Artemisium, and a battle occurred there simultaneously.
The Battle of Chalons (or Catalaunian Fields) (AD 451)
Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC)
Battle of Actium (31 BC)
Battle of Cannae (216 BC)
Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC)
After the Battle of Granicus, this was the second major battle between Alexander the Great and the Persian Empire, and the first to feature Darius III. The battle was fought along the Pinarus River near present day Iskenderun in Turkey's Hatay province.
Carrhae (53 BC)
Battle of Alesia (52 BC)
Battle of the Milvian Bridge (AD 312)
Battle of Issus (333 BC)
Battle of Issus (333 BC)
Xerxes was so confident in victory that he watched the battle from a throne on the slopes of Mount Aegaleus.
Battle of Alesia (52 BC)
Asculum (279 BC)
Battle of Aegospotami (405 BC)
Battle of Salamis (480 BC)
Battle of Salamis (480 BC)
The Athenian general Themistocles devised a plan to lure the large, slow Persian ships into the narrow straits where the Greek ships were able to outmaneuver and destroy much of the Persian fleet.
Chaeronea (338 BC)
The Battle of Chalons (or Catalaunian Fields) (AD 451)
Battle of Salamis (480 BC)
Battle of Salamis (480 BC)
Julius Caesar defeated the Celtic peoples of Gaul, establishing Roman rule of the lands beyond the Alps. The battle began when Caesar besieged Vercingetorix in the town of _______ shortly after the Roman defeat at Gergovia.
Battle of Zama (202 BC)
Battle of Cannae (216 BC)
Philippi (42 BC)
Battle of Alesia (52 BC)
Battle of Alesia (52 BC)
The result was a complete victory for Sparta; only a fraction of the Athenian fleet survived, including the general Conon, and the ship Paralus, which brought the news of defeat to Athens.
Battle of Aegospotami (405 BC)
Battle of Issus (333 BC)
Carrhae (53 BC)
Battle of Cannae (216 BC)
Battle of Aegospotami (405 BC)
Before the battle, Darius was able to surprise Alexander and cut him off from the main force of Macedonians. However, the battle ended with Darius fleeing the field and the capture of his tent and family.
Battle of Actium (31 BC)
Battle of Aegospotami (405 BC)
Battle of Cannae (216 BC)
Battle of Issus (333 BC)
Battle of Issus (333 BC)
Persian King Darius I's invasion of mainland Greece ended with a decisive victory for Miltiades and the Athenians at this battle (490 BC). The defeated Persian commanders were Datis and Artaphernes.
Battle of Aegospotami (405 BC)
Battle of Kadesh (1274 BC)
Battle of Marathon (490 BC)
Gaugamela (331 BC)
Battle of Marathon (490 BC)
The battle was the subject of a 1528 painting by Albrecht Altdorfer, the leader of the Danube School.
Battle of Aegospotami (405 BC)
Chaeronea (338 BC)
Battle of Issus (333 BC)
Battle of Marathon (490 BC)
Battle of Issus (333 BC)
Although a total disaster for the Romans, it resulted in their adopting of the Fabian strategy, in which battles are avoided in favor of a war of attrition. This eventually wore down Hannibal's army, and the Carthaginians had to leave Italy.
Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC)
Battle of Cannae (216 BC)
Teutoburg Forest (AD 9)
Battle of Salamis (480 BC)
Battle of Cannae (216 BC)
Prior to the battle, the Numidian king Masinissa switched sides, and brought his considerable cavalry force to join the Romans.
Leuctra (371 BC)
Battle of Cannae (216 BC)
Battle of Issus (333 BC)
Battle of Zama (202 BC)
Battle of Zama (202 BC)
Battle between the Romans under the command of Consul Publius Decius Mus and the Greek king Pyrrhus of Epirus. Pyrrhus won; a Pyrrhic victory is a victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that it is tantamount to defeat.
The Battle of Chalons (or Catalaunian Fields) (AD 451)
Asculum (279 BC)
Battle of Marathon (490 BC)
Battle of Aegospotami (405 BC)
Asculum (279 BC)

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