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:
Sabis (57 BCE)
Battle of the Sabis (57 BCE): fight in which Julius Caesar defeated the Belgian tribe of the Nervians. The Sabis is identical to the modern river Selle in northern France.Prelude …Sagalassus (334 BCE)
Battle of Sagalassus: the battle between Alexander the Great and the Pisidians in the winter of 334/333 BCE, which ended in a Macedonian victory. …Salamis (480 BCE)
Naval Battle of Salamis (29 September 480): important battle during the Persian War, in which the Greek allies defeated the Persian navy. …Sardes (547 BCE??)
Battle of Sardes (c.547??): decisive battle in the war between the Lydian king Croesus and the Persian conqueror Cyrus the Great, who defeated his opponent and captured his capital. …Siege of Dyrrhachium (49/48 BCE)
Siege of Dyrrhachium (49/48 BCE): an inconclusive battle during Rome's Second Civil War, in which Pompeius the Great defeated Julius Caesar. …Sphacteria (425 BCE)
Pylos/Sphacteria: site of a small but important battle during the Peloponnesian War (431-404), during which the Athenian general Demosthenes and the statesman Cleon captured 292 Spartan soldiers, including 120 elite Spartiates (425 BCE). …Sybota (433 BCE)
Naval Battle of Sybota: battle between the Corinthians and Corcyraeans, one of the direct causes of the Peloponnesian War.Introduction In 445, Athens and Sparta put an end to a war that had lasted fifteen years. Both sides were exhausted. The Spartans…Syracuse (415-413 BCE)
Siege of Syracuse (414-413): one of the most important campaigns during the Peloponnesian War. A well-equipped Athenian army blundered into disaster, was annihilated. Sicily It is tempting…Teutoburg Forest (9 CE)
Battle in the Teutoburg Forest (Latin Saltus Teutoburgiensis): the defeat of the Roman commander Publius Quintilius Varus against the Germanic tribesmen of the Cheruscian leader Arminius in 9 CE. In this battle, three legions (XVII, XVIII, XIX) were annihilated.Introduction …Thermopylae (146 BCE)
Thermopylae (Θερμοπύλαι; "Hot Gates"): small pass in Greece, site of several battles. Thermopylae, view from electricity mast In 146 BCE, more or…Thermopylae (191 BCE)
Thermopylae (Θερμοπύλαι; "Hot Gates"): small pass in Greece, site of several battles. Thermopylae, view from electricity mast The Syrian War became inevitable…Thermopylae (254 CE)
Thermopylae (Greek: Θερμοπύλαι; "Hot Gates"): small pass in Greece, site of several battles. Thermopylae, view from electricity mast In 250 CE, an…