Decisive Battles

1. Cannae

Hannibal's victory at the Battle of Cannae, 216 BCE.

2. Gaugamela

Alexander's victory over Darius III of Persia at the Battle of Gaugamela, 331...

3. Marathon

Battle of Marathon, 490 BCE.

4. Thermopylae

The Battle of Thermopylae, 480 BCE, where a Spartan led Greek army held off a...

5. Spartacus

Selected battles of the Third Servile War, 73 to 71 BCE.

6. Attila the Hun

Battle of Chalons, AD 451: No ruler in history represents the barbarian bruta...

7. Crassus: Rich Man, Poor Man

Battle of Carrhae, 53 BCE.

8. The Gothic Invasion of Rome

Battle of Adrianople and the Sack of Rome AD 378 to 410: Corruption drove the...

9. Hail Caesar!

Battle of Pharsalus, 48 BC: Of all Rome's many battles, perhaps the most impo...

10. Birth of the Roman Empire

Battle of Cynoscephalae, 197 BC: In a classic military conflict between two A...

11. Boudica: Warrior Queen

The British uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire, ending...

13. Herman the German

Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, 9 CE.