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Battle of the Ticinus – Hannibal defeats the Romans under Publius Cornelius Scipio the elder in a cavalry fight. Battle of the Trebia – Hannibal defeats the Romans under Tiberius Sempronius Longus with the use of an ambush. 217 BC - Battle of Ebro River – In a surprise attack, Romans defeat and capture the Carthaginian fleet in Hispania.
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.
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 ...
1–4 AD, Rise of the Chatti [24] [25] and Bructeri (immensum bellum) [26] suppressed by Tiberius, who reaches the Elbe. Canninefates, Chattuarii, Cherusci are again subdued. Lombards, Semnones, Chauci and other tribes who dwelt on both sides of the Elbe are subjugated. [27] 5, The Roman navy reaches the Cimbrian peninsula for the first time
[36] [37] The remaining Romans at Carrhae attempted to flee, but most were captured or killed. According to the ancient historian Plutarch, Roman casualties amounted to about 20,000 killed and 10,000 captured, [38] which made the battle one of the costliest defeats in Roman history. Parthian casualties were minimal.
Romans "produced their share of incompetents" [5] who led Roman armies into catastrophic defeats. Nevertheless, it was generally the fate of even the greatest of Rome's enemies, such as Pyrrhus and Hannibal, to win the battle but lose the war. The history of Rome's campaigning is, if nothing else, a history of obstinate persistence overcoming ...
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.
89 BC – Battle of Fucine Lake – Roman forces under Lucius Porcius Cato are defeated by the Italian rebels. 89 BC – Battle of Asculum – Roman army of C. Pompeius Strabo decisively defeats the rebels. 88 BC: Sulla's first march on Rome, causing his enemy, Gaius Marius, to be outlawed [5]