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171 BC – Battle of Callicinus – Perseus of Macedon defeats a Roman army under Publius Licinius Crassus. 168 BC, 22 June – Battle of Pydna – Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus defeat and capture Macedonian King Perseus. Third Illyrian War (169–167 BC) Lusitanian War (155–139 BC) Numantine War or Second Celtiberian War ...
The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, also called the Varus Disaster or Varian Disaster (Latin: Clades Variana) by Roman historians, was a major battle between Germanic tribes and the Roman Empire that took place somewhere near modern Kalkriese from September 8–11, 9 AD, when an alliance of Germanic peoples ambushed three Roman legions led by Publius Quinctilius Varus and their auxiliaries.
456, Visigoths defeat the Suebic Kingdom of Galicia in the Battle of Órbigo. 458, Emperor Majorian leads the Roman army to a victory over the Vandals near Sinuessa, [105] Roman victory over the Visigoths in southern Gaul in the Battle of Arelate. Europe in the late fifth century (476–486)
The migrations of the Cimbri and the Teutons Roman victories Cimbrian and Teutone victories. The Battle of Aquae Sextiae (Aix-en-Provence) took place in 102 BC.After a string of Roman defeats (see: the Battle of Noreia, the Battle of Burdigala, and the Battle of Arausio [1] [2]), the Romans under Gaius Marius finally defeated the Teutones and Ambrones as they attempted to advance through the ...
According to Fergus Millar, the revolt represents "the best-attested series of operations by the Roman army in the entire history of the Empire." [302] Judaea, an independent kingdom under the Hasmoneans, fell into a civil war in which Pompey intervened, conquering Jerusalem in 63 BC.
The Battle of Cannae (/ ˈ k æ n i,-eɪ,-aɪ /; [c] Latin: [ˈkanːae̯]) was a key engagement of the Second Punic War between the Roman Republic and Carthage, fought on 2 August 216 BC near the ancient village of Cannae in Apulia, southeast Italy.
Battle of Valentia – Pompey defeats Sertorius' subordinates Marcus Perperna Veiento and Gaius Herennius near Valentia. Battle of Italica – Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius defeats Hirtuleius near the Roman colony of Italica. Battle of Sucro – Sertorius and Pompey clash near the banks of the Sucro River. Both armies lose a wing and the ...
Roman coin of Augustus (19 BC) showing a Parthian soldier returning the standards captured at Carrhae. Augustus hailed the return of the standards as a political victory over Parthia. Rome was humiliated by this defeat, which was made even worse by the fact that the Parthians had captured several Legionary Eagles. [39]