Title: Battles of the ancient world 1285 BC - AD 451
Description: Introduces 20 key battles from Europe and the Middle East in a 2000-year period defined by the great empires of the Ancient world.
Subjects: Milvan Bridge, Battle of, 312, Kadesh, Battle of, Kadesh, ca. 1300 B.C., History, Lachish, Battle of, 701 B.C., Marathon, Battle of, Greece, 490 B.C., Salamis, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C., Campaigns, Syracuse, Battle of, 415 B.C., Leuctra, Battle of, Greece, 371 B.C., Gaugamela, Battle of, Iraq, 331 B.C., Hydaspes, Battle of, 326 B.C., Trebia, Battle of, 218 B.C., Cannae, Battle of, Italy, 216 B.C., Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C., Pydna, Battle of, Pydna, 168 B.C., Macedonian War, 3rd, 171-168 B.C., Aquae Sextiae, Battle of, 102 B.C., Carrhae, Battle of, 53 B.C., Alesia, Battle of, France, 52 B.C., Actium, Battle of, 31 B.C., Teutoberger Wald, Battle of, 9 A.D., Masada, Battle of, 73 A.D., Saxa Rubra, Battle of, Italy, 312, Adrianople, Battle of, Edirne, Turkey, 378, Catalaunian Field, Battle of, 451, Gaul, Military campaigns, Actium, Battle of (31 B.C.) fast (OCoLC)fst00796265, Adrianople, Battle of (Edirne, Turkey : 378) fast (OCoLC)fst01709736, Alesia, Battle of (France : 52 B.C.) fast (OCoLC)fst00804709, Cannae, Battle of (Italy : 216 B.C.) fast (OCoLC)fst00845752, Civil War (Rome : 43-31 B.C.) fast (OCoLC)fst01352313, Gallic Wars (Gaul : 58-51 B.C.) fast (OCoLC)fst01353154, Gaugamela, Battle of (Iraq : 331 B.C.) fast (OCoLC)fst00938993, Kadesh, Battle of (Kadesh : ca. 1300 B.C.) fast (OCoLC)fst00985654, Leuctra, Battle of (Greece : 371 B.C.) fast (OCoLC)fst00996892, Macedonian Conquest of Iran (334-325 B.C.) fast (OCoLC)fst01353598, Macedonian War, 3rd (171-168 B.C.) fast (OCoLC)fst01004688, Marathon, Battle of (Greece : 490 B.C.) fast (OCoLC)fst01008949, Persian Wars (Greece : 500-449 B.C.) fast (OCoLC)fst01353977, Punic War, 2nd (218-201 B.C.) fast (OCoLC)fst01084093, Pydna, Battle of (Pydna : 168 B.C.) fast (OCoLC)fst01709929, Salamis, Battle of (Greece : 480 B.C.) fast (OCoLC)fst01103757, Saxa Rubra, Battle of (Italy : 312) fast (OCoLC)fst01106154
Places: Egypt, Greece, Iran, Rome, Gaul, Germany, Europe, France, Pydna (Extinct city), Iraq, Italy, Rome (Empire), Syria, Kadesh (Extinct city), Turkey, Edirne
Time periods: To 332 B.C., Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C., Spartan and Theban Supremacies, 404-362 B.C., Macedonian Conquest, 334-325 B.C., Republic, 265-30 B.C., Gallic Wars, 58-51 B.C., Civil War, 43-31 B.C., To 843, Constantine I, the Great, 306-337, Empire, 284-476, Empire, 58 B.C.-511 A.D.