Famous Battles (1595 BC - 300)

1595 BC

Hittites sack ______ and end the First ________ dynasty, leaving the area to be occupied by their Kassite allies for centuries.

1184 BC

The Greeks besieged this city in modern day Turkey for over 10 years. Homer would write a very famous book about it.

480 BC

Persians under Xerxes defeat a coalition of Greek forces led by the Spartans commanded by King Leonidas.

480 BC

Greek ships under Themistocles and Eurybiades of Sparta defeat Persian fleet in the Bay of Eleusis.

415 BC

The Athenian expedition in Sicily, under Nicias and Demosthenes, is annihilated.

331 BC

Alexander the Great defeats Darius III in Mesopotamia and conquers Persia. This battle is also known as "Alexander’s Masterpiece."

216 BC

Hannibal destroys the Roman army of Lucius Aemilius Paulus and Publius Terentius Varro in what is considered one of the great masterpieces of the tactical art.

202 BC

Scipio Africanus Major decisively defeats Hannibal in North Africa, ending the Second Punic War.

73 BC

Slave army under Spartacus defeats Romans under Gaius Claudius Glaber.

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The German leader Arminius destroys the Roman legions of Publius Quinctilius Varus in the forests of modern day Lower-Saxony.