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Roman History: Famous Battles

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AriciaRomans defeat Etruscans
Lake RegillusRomans defeat Latin League with Castor and Pollux
Allia RiverGauls whoop Romans just prior to Brennus's sack of Rome
Claudine ForksSamnites defeat Romans--force them to pass beneath the yoke
Vercellae & Aquae SextiaeMarius's big defeats of Gauls
AurusioGauls defeat Romans in Cisalpine Gaul
Heraclea & AsculumPyrrhus of Epirus defeats Romans--pyrrhic victories
BeneventumRoman commander Dentatus defeats Pyrrhus
Mylaefirst navel victory
Cape Economus, Panormustwo Roman naval victories in 1st Punic War (Regulus one 1st one)
Bagadras Valley/ TunisRegelus defeated & captured
DrepanumRoman defeat in 1st Punic War
LilybaeumRoman victory in 1st Punic War that leads to recapture of Sicily
Aegates IslandsRoman victory that ends 1st Punic War
Metaurus RiverHasdrubal defeated
Trebia River, Tricinus, Lake TrasimeneHannibal defeats Romans
Cannaehuge defeat at hands of Hannibal in 216 BC
Zamabattle that ended 2nd punic war in 202 BC
CynocephalaeRoman commander Flaminius wins key victory over Philip V of Macedon in 197 BC
PydnaRomans defeat Greek king Perseus in 168 BC
Colline GateSulla's decisive victory of the Populares--seizes Rome
Dyrrachiumbattle where Caesar is defeated by Pompey in Civil War
PharsalusCaesar defeats Pompey to win Civil War
GergoviaCaesar defeats Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix
AlesiaCaesar seiges this fortress and is then counter sieged but still manages to win
IlerdaCaesaran victory in Spain
UticaCaesaran victory of King Juba; Cato the younger commited suicide
ZelaCaesar defeats Pharnaces (and utters Veni, vidi, vici)
Thapsus & Mundafinal Caesarian victories of Civil War (after Pharsalus)
PhilippiOctavian and Antony defeat Brutus and Cassius
ActiumOctavian and his commander Agrippa defeat Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC
Teutonburg Foresthorrible defeat of Romans by Armininus in 9 AD
Cremonatwo battles occured here; Vitellius won the first one against Otho, and los the second against Vespasian
Mulvian BridgeConstantine beats Maxentius 312 AD
Pistoriabattle where Catiline was defeated
Carrhaeterrible defeat of Crassus by Parthians 53 BC
EdessaShapur I defeats and captures Valerian
AdrianopleValens defeated by the Goths in 378 AD



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