ALL roman battles — Certamen

Battle of Lake Regillus (496 BC)

Legendary early Roman victory over the Etruscans and Latins

Battle of the Cremera (477 BC)

All the Fabii but one are killed

Battle of Mons Algidus (458 BC)

Cincinnatus wins over the Aequi

Battle of Corbione (446 BC)

Titus Quinctius L.f. Capitolinus Barbatus leads Romans to victory over Aequi and Volsci

Battle of Veii (396 BC)

Romans complete conquest of Etruscans

Battle of Allia River (390 BC)

Gauls defeat Romans, leading to Gallic sack of Rome

Battle of Mount Gaurus (342 BC)

Marcus Valerius Corvus defeats the Samnites

Battle of Suessola (341 BC)

Marcus Valerius Corvus defeats Samnites again

Battle of Vesuvius (339 BC)

Romans under P. Decius Mus and T. Manlius defeat rebellious Latins

Battle of Trifanum (338 BC)

T. Manlius Imperiosus decisively defeats the Latins

Battle of the Caudine Forks (321 BC)

Romans defeated by Samnites under Gaius Pontius

Battle of Lautulae (316 BC)

Romans defeated by the Samnites

Battle of Lake Vadimo (310 BC)

Romans under Lucius Papirius Cursor defeat Etruscans

Battle of Bovianum (305 BC)

Roman consuls decisively defeat Samnites, ending Second Samnite War

Battle of Camerinum (298 BC)

Samnites defeat Romans in first battle of Third Samnite War

Battle of Sentinum (295 BC)

Romans defeat Samnites and their Etruscan/Gallic allies

Battle of Aquilonia (293 BC)

Romans decisively defeat the Samnites

Battle of Arretium (285 BC)

Roman army destroyed by the Gauls

Battle of Lake Vadimo (283 BC)

Romans defeat Etruscans and Gauls

Battle of Populonia (282 BC)

Etruscan resistance to Roman domination finally crushed

Battle of Heraclea (280 BC)

Pyrrhus of Epirus defeats Romans but at great cost (Pyrrhic victory)

Battle of Asculum (279 BC)

Pyrrhus again defeats Romans

Battle of Beneventum (275 BC)

Pyrrhus finally defeated by Romans under Marcus Curius Dentatus

Battle of Agrigentum (261 BC)

Romans defeat Carthaginians, gaining control of most of Sicily

Battle of the Lipari Islands (260 BC)

Roman naval force defeated by Carthaginians

Battle of Mylae (260 BC)

Roman naval victory under C. Duillius gives Rome control of western Mediterranean

Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256 BC)

Carthaginian fleet defeated attempting to stop Roman invasion of Africa

Battle of Adys (256 BC)

Romans under Regulus defeat Carthaginians in North Africa

Battle of Tunis (255 BC)

Carthaginians under Greek mercenary Xanthippus defeat and capture Regulus

Battle of Panormus (251 BC)

Romans defeat Carthaginians under Hasdrubal

Battle of Drepana (249 BC)

Carthaginians defeat Roman fleet under Publius Claudius Pulcher

Battle of the Aegates Islands (242 BC)

Roman naval victory ends First Punic War

Battle of Faesulae (225 BC)

Romans defeated by Gauls of Northern Italy

Battle of Telamon (224 BC)

Romans defeat the Gauls

Battle of Clastidium (222 BC)

Romans under Marcus Claudius Marcellus defeat Gauls

Battle of the Ticinus (218 BC)

Hannibal defeats Romans in small cavalry fight

Battle of the Trebia (218 BC)

Hannibal defeats Romans with ambush

Battle of Lake Trasimene (217 BC)

Hannibal destroys Roman army of Gaius Flaminius in ambush

Battle of Cannae (216 BC)

Hannibal's masterpiece - destroys Roman army of 70,000+

First Battle of Nola (216 BC)

Marcellus holds off Hannibal's attack

Second Battle of Nola (215 BC)

Marcellus again repulses Hannibal

Third Battle of Nola (214 BC)

Inconclusive battle between Marcellus and Hannibal

First Battle of Capua (212 BC)

Hannibal defeats consuls but Roman army escapes

Battle of the Silarus (212 BC)

Hannibal destroys Roman army of M. Centenius Penula

Battle of Herdonia (212 BC)

Hannibal destroys Roman army of Gnaeus Fulvius

Battle of the Upper Baetis (211 BC)

Scipio brothers killed fighting Hasdrubal Barca

Second Battle of Capua (211 BC)

Hannibal fails to break Roman siege

Second Battle of Herdonia (210 BC)

Hannibal destroys Roman army, Fulvius Centumalus killed

Battle of Numistro (210 BC)

Hannibal defeats Marcellus again

Battle of Asculum (209 BC)

Hannibal defeats Marcellus in indecisive battle

Battle of Baecula (208 BC)

Scipio the Younger defeats Hasdrubal Barca in Spain

Battle of Grumentum (207 BC)

Indecisive battle between Nero and Hannibal

Battle of the Metaurus (207 BC)

Hasdrubal defeated and killed by Roman army

Battle of Ilipa (206 BC)

Scipio decisively defeats remaining Carthaginian forces in Spain

Battle of Crotona (204 BC)

Hannibal fights drawn battle against Sempronius

Battle of Bagbrades (203 BC)

Scipio defeats Carthaginian army, Hannibal recalled to Africa

Battle of Zama (202 BC)

Scipio Africanus decisively defeats Hannibal, ending Second Punic War

Battle of Cremona (200 BC)

Roman forces defeat Gauls of Cisalpine Gaul

Battle of the Aous (198 BC)

Romans under Flamininus defeat Macedonians under Philip V

Battle of Cynoscephalae (197 BC)

Flamininus decisively defeats Philip V in Thessaly

Battle of Mutina (194 BC)

Roman victory over the Gauls

Battle of Gythium (194 BC)

Achaean League with Roman help defeats Spartans

Battle of Thermopylae (191 BC)

Romans defeat Antiochus III, forcing evacuation of Greece

Battle of the Eurymedon (190 BC)

Romans defeat Seleucid fleet commanded by Hannibal

Battle of Myonessus (190 BC)

Another Seleucid fleet defeated by Romans

Battle of Magnesia (190 BC)

Scipio brothers defeat Antiochus III in decisive victory

Battle of Callicinus (171 BC)

Perseus of Macedon defeats Roman army

Battle of Pydna (168 BC)

Romans defeat and capture Perseus, ending Third Macedonian War

Second Battle of Pydna (148 BC)

Romans defeat Macedonian pretender Andriscus

Battle of Carthage (146 BC)

Scipio Africanus Minor destroys Carthage, ending Third Punic War

Battle of Corinth (146 BC)

Romans destroy Corinth, Greece comes under direct Roman rule

Battle of the Rhone (109 BC)

Roman force defeated by Helvetii

Battle of the Muthul (108 BC)

Indecisive battle against Jugurtha of Numidia

Battle near Burdigala (107 BC)

Romans defeated by Helvetii

Battle of Arausio (105 BC)

Cimbri inflict major defeat on Roman army

Battle of Aquae Sextiae (102 BC)

Marius defeats Teutons

Battle of Vercellae (101 BC)

Marius defeats and annihilates the Cimbri

Battle of Fucine Lake (89 BC)

Romans defeated by Italian rebels in Social War

Battle of Asculum (89 BC)

Romans decisively defeat rebels in Social War

Battle of Chaeronea (86 BC)

Sulla defeats Pontic forces in First Mithridatic War

Battle of Orchomenus (85 BC)

Sulla's decisive victory in First Mithridatic War

Battle of Mount Tifata (83 BC)

Sulla defeats popular forces in First Civil War

Battle of Colline Gate (82 BC)

Sulla's decisive victory in Civil War

Battle of the Baetis River (80 BC)

Sertorius defeats legal Roman forces in Spain

Battle of Cyzicus (74 BC)

Lucullus defeats Mithridates VI

Battle of Cabira (72 BC)

Lucullus again defeats Mithridates

Battle of Picenum (72 BC)

Spartacus defeats Roman army

Battle of Mutina I (72 BC)

Spartacus defeats another Roman army

Battle of Campania (71 BC)

Spartacus defeats Roman army

Battle of Campania II (71 BC)

Crassus defeats Spartacus's army

Battle of Silarus River (71 BC)

Crassus defeats Spartacus's army

Battle of Tigranocerta (69 BC)

Lucullus defeats Tigranes II of Armenia

Battle of Artaxata (68 BC)

Lucullus again defeats Tigranes

Battle of the Lycus (66 BC)

Pompey decisively defeats Mithridates VI

Battle of Pistoria (62 BC)

Catiline's conspiracy forces defeated

Battle of the Arar (58 BC)

Caesar defeats migrating Helvetii

Battle of Bibracte (58 BC)

Caesar decisively defeats Helvetians

Battle against Ariovistus (58 BC)

Caesar defeats Germanic chieftain near Belfort

Battle of the Axona (57 BC)

Caesar defeats Belgae under King Galba

Battle of the Sabis (57 BC)

Caesar defeats the Nervii