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Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 – Vologases IV invades Armenia, but is pushed back and Ctesiphon is sacked. Marcomannic Wars (166–180) – Roman Empire tried to expand in central Europe and establish proposed Roman province of Marcomannia (parts of the modern states and Slovakia and the Czech Republic) and Sarmatia (on Great Hungarian Plain).
The First Jewish-Roman War, sometimes called The Great Revolt, was the first of three major rebellions by the Jews of Judaea against the Roman Empire. [301] According to Fergus Millar, the revolt represents "the best-attested series of operations by the Roman army in the entire history of the Empire."
Campaign history of the Roman military; The history of Rome is inseparable from its military history over the roughly thirteen centuries that the Roman state existed. The core of the military campaigns of ancient Rome is the account of the Roman military's land battles, from the conquest of Italy to its fights against the Huns and invading ...
This category includes historical wars in which Rome during the Roman Empire period (31 BC–476 AD) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. It also includes wars of the late Roman empire and Byzantine Empire. Relevant stubs may be found within Category:Ancient Roman battle stubs.
The cause of the late Roman Republican civil wars is contested, as is whether the wars were the cause of, or caused by, the end of the Roman Republic. [ 1 ] : 2–3 Regardless, a nearly constant stream of civil wars marked the end of the Roman Republic and heralded the rise of the Roman Empire in 27 BC.
The Roman military was far from being solely a defense force. For much of its history, it was a tool of aggressive expansion. The Roman army had derived from a militia of main farmers and the gain of new farmlands for the growing population or later retiring soldiers was often one of the campaign's chief objectives.
The nature of these wars varied through time between Roman conquest, Germanic uprisings, later Germanic invasions of the Western Roman Empire that started in the late second century BC, and more. The series of conflicts was one factor which led to the ultimate downfall of the Western Roman Empire in particular and ancient Rome in general in 476.
Vandal conquest of Roman Africa; Battle of Carthage (238) Battle of Châlons (274) Battle of the Catalaunian Plains; Chronology of warfare between the Romans and Germanic peoples; Battle of Chrysopolis; Battle of Cibalae; Battle of Constantinople (378) Battle of Corsica; Battle of Ctesiphon (165) Battle of Ctesiphon (198) Battle of Ctesiphon (263)