Battles of the ancient world

Final battle in the Wars of the Second Triumvirate between the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian and the forces of Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus. The Second Triumvirate declared this civil war to avenge Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC.

Eager for glory, Valens decided not to wait on reinforcements from the western emperor Gratian, and instead attacked the Goths. In the battle, over two-thirds of the Roman army was killed, including Valens.

The battle was chronicled by Ammianus Marcellinus, who thought it so important that he ended his history of the Roman Empire with the battle.

The Hunnic army was led by Attila, who was rampaging through Gaul. The battle ended with a victory for the Roman-Visigothic alliance, which stopped the Huns' advance into Gaul.

The next year, Attila invaded Italy, however, in 453, Attila died and his empire broke up shortly after.

The final land battle during the second Persian invasion of Greece. After Greek victory Persia lost control of Boeotia and Attica.

Battle between Philip II of Macedon and a coalition of various Greek states, mainly Thebes and Athens. During the battle, the elite unit of Theban soldiers known as the Sacred Band of Thebes was wiped out completely

Decisive battle of Alexander the Great's invasion of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Even though heavily outnumbered, Alexander emerged victorious due to his superior tactics and army. Fall of Darius III and the Persians