Talk:List of battles before 301

message: Shouldn't the Battle of the Spurs be named Battle of the Golden Spurs? Google gives 430 hits for the first and 413 for the last, so the difference is almost negligable. Moreover, in Dutch/Flemish the battle is known as "Guldensporenslag", not as "Sporenslag". -- Guy
I think the Battle of the Golden Spurs was different from the Battle of the Spurs.  I'd just like to say that I don't think sacks of cities, or captures of cities after sieges should be on this list (or the other battle lists, I suppose) john 22:06 3 Jun 2003 (UTC)
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I added the Battle of Megiddo which takes place before 1400 BC.
Should the title be changed to 1500 BC - AD 600?
:What about 'List of battles before AD 601'? That would cover any other earlier battles that people might wish to add. jguk 06:48, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I added the Battle of Megiddo which takes place before 1400 BC.
Should the title be changed to 1500 BC - AD 600?
:What about 'List of battles before AD 601'? That would cover any other earlier battles that people might wish to add. jguk 06:48, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title of page 

message: Surely there are a lot more battles in the Bible that could be listed here?  Of course, they'd all have to be marked as being of uncertain provenance, but they should still be there if the battles of Troy and Mount Gilboa are. —Simetrical (talk) 02:42, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Be bold --Will2k 04:38, Mar 28, 2005 (UTC)
I agree.  Keeping a battle off this list simply because it appears in the Bible is POV. 139.78.10.1 00:45, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why not more biblical battles? 

message: Google gives 22600 hits for the Caudine and only 1190 for Claudine. Besides there is a page about Battle of Caudine Forks and none about Battle of Claudine Forks in wikipedia.-Davi
:That was a typo I guess. It's fixed now, thanks! Adam Bishop 00:45, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Battle of Claudine Forks or Caudine Forks??

message: The formatting of this page seems a bit poor.  It's inconsistent, punctuation marks aren't used to put breaks between date, name, and description, etc.  Currently it looks like this:
*479 BC -
**August 20 Battle of Plataea End of the Persian invasion of Greece, Mardonius routed by Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army
**Battle of Mycale Greeks under Leotychidas, King of Sparta, sailed to Asia Minor to attack beached Persian fleet, then destroyed trapped Persian army of 60,000
*474 BC Battle of Cumae The Syracusans under Hiero I defeat the Etruscans and end Etruscan expansion in southern Italy.
My proposal (I rather like tables):
Year  	Date     	Name             	Summary
479 BC	August 20	Battle of Plataea	End of the Persian invasion of Greece, Mardonius routed by Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army
 	    	Battle of Mycale 	Greeks under Leotychidas, King of Sparta, sailed to Asia Minor to attack beached Persian fleet, then destroyed trapped Persian army of 60,000
474 BC	    	Battle of Cumae  	The Syracusans under Hiero I defeat the Etruscans and end Etruscan expansion in southern Italy.
The principal problem with this is that it doesn't handle wrapping correctly, which is rather unfortunate.  (Why doesn't MediaWiki support <col>?  Is there any other way to get the first three columns to not wrap?)  Still, there's room for improvement over the current setup, whether through tables or otherwise.  Anyone have any ideas? —Simetrical (talk) 01:29, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Formatting 

message: Should the suppression of Syracuse's rebellion during the Second Punic War be called the Battle of Syracuse or the Siege of Syracuse?  This is the battle where Archimedes supposedly used mirrors to sink a roman fleet. 139.78.120.21 21:06, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Battle of Syracuse or Siege of Syracuse? 

message: I have nominated the "Battle of Herdonia" (212 BC) page to be renamed "First Battle of Herdonia" since there is a Second Battle of Herdonia (210 BC).  If you wish to vote, follow this link to that battle's talk page. Roy Al Blue 20:16, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Renaming Poll @ Battle of Herdonia 

message: All fifth century battles listed on this page now have at least a stub.  No red links left for that century. Roy Al Blue 01:30, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fifth Century Clear! 

message: The same is now true of the First Century A.D. Roy Al Blue 04:05, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: First Century Clear! 

message: No more red links for the Fifth Century B.C. Roy Al Blue 13:40, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fifth Century BC Clear! 

message: The Fourth Century can now be added to the list of centuries with all battle links going somewhere. Roy Al Blue 21:44, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fourth Century Clear! 

message: I have eliminated the last red link to a battle in the sixth century. Roy Al Blue 02:38, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sixth Century Clear! 

message: All red-link battles in the third century have now been made into stubs. Roy Al Blue 03:02, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Third Century Clear! 

message: The Second Century BC has all battles filled in with at least a stub now. Roy Al Blue 13:49, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Second Century BC Clear! 

message: That takes care of the red-link battles in the Second Century. Roy Al Blue 14:52, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Second Century Clear! 

message: One more century free of missing articles. Roy Al Blue 14:58, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fourth Century BC Clear! 

message: Hello
I just noticed that 330BCE is before 331BC. I would solve it myself, but I just want to be sure that it was a mistake.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shadow phoenix (talk • contribs) 10:37, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong Chronology 

message: The battle of Adys is repeated in more then one year (256 and 255 BCE). Even if there is doubts about the exact start of the battle it should appear only in one year. Shadow phoenix (talk) 15:03, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Repeated entry 

message: It seems that people have been removing entries from this list because they don't point to an article. I don't think this is the right course of action, unless the entry itself is in error. A battle might have occurred and been included on this list, but was not important enough to have its own article.--SkiDragon (talk) 03:08, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing entry's that don't link to an article. 

message: Should the destruction of Hamoukar be included in the list? To quote the wikipedia article on it "Recent excavation work undertaken in 2005 and 2006 has shown that this city was destroyed by warfare by around 3500 BC-—probably the earliest urban warfare attested so far in the archaeological record of the Near East."  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.61.84.253 (talk) 22:56, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hamoukar 

message: I wasn't sure how to add the 3rd century CE battles of Jianwei and Mount Qi while on my phone. Tpsreport84 (talk) 14:17, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added the Battle of Mount Qi but not Jianwei as according to the article text there was no battle because the Wei retreated wihout fighting. Dudley Miles (talk) 15:33, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing Battles 

message: Below is a list of edits needed, but I don't know how to do them on my phone.
267 Battle of Thermopylae links to 254 Battle of Thermopylae, which is not listed. There is no article for a Battle of Thermopylae in 267 yet.
Need to add entries for the Battles of Nicopolis ad Istrum and Beroe.
Possibly add Siege of Tyana 272, though it seems more of a minor skirmish.
Battle of Callinicum 296 links to a Sixth Century battle.
Battle of Carrhae 296 is missing from the list. Tpsreport84 (talk) 17:13, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Issues with 3rd Century CE 

message: I don't know how to add entries to the list via my phone, so here is a list of battles that need adding: Battle of Alashiya 1275-1205 BCE, Battle of the Delta 1190 BCE, Battle of Aegina 458 BCE, Battle of Pharos 383/384 BCE, Battle of the Strait of Messina 276 BCE, Battle of Paxos 229 BCE, Battle of Carteia 206 BCE, Battle of Chalcedon 74 BCE, Battle of Tenedos 73 BCE, Battle of Dongkou 222/223 CE, and the Battle of Xiling 272 CE (though this is buried in the Lu Kang article. Tpsreport84 (talk) 16:52, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  More Missing Battles