Battle

On this page, you will find an overview of ancient battles. On the pages, you will find descriptions of the fights, pictures of the warriors, and maps of the battlefields.

There are 57 items in Battle:

Ecnomus (256 BCE)

Battle of Ecnomus (256 BCE): naval battle in the First Punic War, in which the navy of the unexperienced Romans unexpectedly defeated the well-trained navy of the Carthaginians. This was one of the largest battles in ancient history. …

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Gaugamela (331 BCE)

Battle of Gaugamela (October 1, 331 BCE): decisive battle in the war between Macedonia and the Achaemenid Empire, fought in northern Iraq. The outcome was influenced by a celestial omen that announced the imminent downfall of the Persian king Darius…

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Granicus (334 BCE)

Granicus (Greek Γρανíκος; Turkish Biga Çayi): little river in northwestern Turkey, place where the Macedonian king Alexander the Great defeated the Persian general Memnon of Rhodes, in the spring of 334 BCE. …

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Halicarnassus (334 BCE)

Halicarnassus (Greek Ἁλικαρνασσός): Greek-Carian city, modern Bodrum in southwestern Turkey. Myndus Gate Halicarnassus (modern Bodrum) had been fortified in the mid-fourth century…

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The battle of Ipsus

The battle of Ipsus (301 BCE): Main battle of the Fourth Diadoch war. Antigonus the One-Eyed and his son Demetrius Poliorcetes were defeated by Lysimachus, Cassander, and Seleucus I Nicator.Prelude …

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Issus (333 BCE)

Battle of Issus (5 or 6 November 333 BCE): famous battle during the war between Macedonia and the Persian Empire. The Macedonian king Alexander the Great defeated Darius III Codomannus, won Phoenicia and Egypt, and destroyed the Persian army.Context …

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Jaxartes (329 BCE)

Battle of the Jaxartes (August 329 BCE): battle between the Macedonian king Alexander the Great and an army of Central-Asian mounted nomads. It was arguably Alexander's most spectacular battle.Prelude …

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