ERA // -550 – 475
Classical Antiquity
60 wars · 177 battles
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The Greco-Roman world: hoplite and legionary warfare, the wars of Alexander, Rome's rise and imperial zenith.
Timeline
-550 – 628
60 wars · span 1178 years
Wars
60 catalogued
-498--448
Greco-Persian Wars
5 battles
-498--492
Ionian Revolt
1 battle
-491--489
First Persian invasion of Greece
1 battle
-479--478
Second Persian invasion of Greece
2 battles
-459--444
First Peloponnesian War
2 battles
-430--403
Peloponnesian War
18 battles
-394--386
Corinthian War
4 battles
-356--354
Social War of 357-355 BCE
The Social War, also known as the War of the Allies, was fought from 357 BC to 355 BC between Athens with the Second Athenian League and the allied city-states of Chios, Rhodes,…
0 battles
-342--289
Samnite Wars
0 battles
-340--337
Second Latin War
The (Second) Latin War of 340–338 BC was a conflict between the Roman Republic and its neighbors, the Latin peoples of ancient Italy. It ended in the dissolution of the Latin…
2 battles
-335--322
Wars of Alexander the Great
12 battles
-322--321
Lamian War
1 battle
-321--274
Wars of the Diadochi
2 battles
-279--274
Pyrrhic War
3 battles
-273--167
Syrian Wars
1 battle
-266--260
Chremonidean War
0 battles
-263--240
First Punic War
14 battles
-263--145
Punic Wars
0 battles
-261--260
Kalinga War
0 battles
-229--220
Qin's Wars of Unification
Qin's wars of unification were a series of military campaigns launched in the late 3rd century BC by the state of Qin against the other six states remaining in China – Han, Zhao,…
0 battles
-228--221
Cleomenean War
1 battle
-217--200
Second Punic War
38 battles
-213--204
First Macedonian War
1 battle
-213--147
Macedonian Wars
0 battles
-204--199
Cretan War of 205-200 BCE
The Cretan War was fought by King Philip V of Macedon, the Aetolian League, many Cretan cities and Spartan pirates against the forces of Rhodes and later Attalus I of Pergamum,…
2 battles
-199--196
Second Macedonian War
2 battles
-191--187
Roman–Seleucid War
The Roman–Seleucid war (192–188 BC), also called the Aetolian war, Antiochene war, Syrian war, and Syrian-Aetolian war was a military conflict between two coalitions, one led by…
4 battles
-170--167
Third Macedonian War
2 battles
-154--138
Lusitanian War
The Lusitanian Wars, called Pyrinos Polemos in Greek, were wars of resistance fought by the Lusitanian tribes of Hispania Ulterior against the advancing legions of the Roman…
0 battles
-149--147
Fourth Macedonian War
1 battle
-148--145
Third Punic War
1 battle
-142--132
Numantine War
1 battle
-134--131
First Servile War
0 battles
-134--70
Servile Wars
0 battles
-112--100
Cimbrian War
5 battles
-110--104
Jugurthine War
1 battle
-90--87
Social War of 91-87 BCE
The Social War, also known as the Italian War or the Marsic War, was fought between the Roman Republic and several of its autonomous allies, largely from 91 to 88 BC in Italy,…
1 battle
-88--84
First Mithridatic War
3 battles
-87--62
Mithridatic Wars
0 battles
-82--80
Second Mithridatic War
0 battles
-72--62
Third Mithridatic War
5 battles
-72--70
Third Servile War
2 battles
-65-217
Roman–Parthian Wars
4 battles
-57--50
Gallic War
The Gallic Wars were waged between 58 and 50 BC by the Roman general Julius Caesar against the peoples of Gaul. Gallic, Germanic, and Brittonic tribes fought to defend their…
13 battles
-53-628
Roman–Persian Wars
The Roman–Persian wars, also called the Roman–Iranian wars, took place between the Greco-Roman world and the Iranian world, beginning with the Roman Republic and the Parthian…
0 battles
-48--44
Caesar's Civil War
Caesar's civil war occurred during the late Roman Republic between two factions led by Julius Caesar and Pompey. The main cause of the war was political tensions relating to…
10 battles
-42--41
Liberators' Civil War
The Liberators' civil war was started by the Second Triumvirate to avenge Julius Caesar's assassination. The war was fought by the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian against the…
1 battle
-40--39
Perusine War
0 battles
-31--29
Final War of the Roman Republic
The War of Actium or Actian War was the last civil war of the Roman Republic, fought between Mark Antony and Octavian. In 32 BC, Octavian convinced the Roman Senate to declare…
1 battle
-28--18
Cantabrian Wars
0 battles
6-9
Great Illyrian Revolt
The Bellum Batonianum or Great Illyrian Revolt was a military conflict fought in the Roman province of Illyricum in the 1st century AD, in which an alliance of native peoples of…
0 battles
58-63
Roman–Parthian War of 58–63
0 battles
66-135
Jewish–Roman Wars
The Jewish–Roman wars were a series of large-scale revolts by the Jews of Judaea against the Roman Empire between 66 and 135 CE. The conflict was driven by Jewish aspirations to…
0 battles
68-69
Year of the Four Emperors
4 battles
101-106
Trajan's Dacian Wars
1 battle
166-180
Marcomannic Wars
0 battles
184-205
Yellow Turban Rebellion
0 battles
229-167
Illyro-Roman Wars
The Illyrian Wars were a series of wars fought between the Roman Republic and the Illyrian kingdom under the Ardiaei and Labeatae. In the First Illyrian War, which lasted from…
0 battles
291-306
War of the Eight Princes
0 battles
376-382
Gothic War of 376–382
The Gothic War of 376–382 was one of several Gothic Wars in Roman history in which the Goths fought against the Roman Empire. This particular conflict included the catastrophic…
5 battles
Famous commanders of the Classical Antiquity era
12 shown
Achaemenes
2 battles led
Adeimantus
1 battle led
Adherbal
1 battle led
Agathon
1 battle led
Agesilaus II
1 battle led
Agis II
1 battle led
Ahenobarbus
1 battle led
Alatheus
1 battle led
Alcibiades
3 battles led
Alexander
1 battle led
Alexander the Great
12 battles led
Allienus
1 battle led
Ranked by Σ battle intensity across battles led in scope. Strategic leaders (chiefs of state / supreme commanders) pinned to the top.