IMPERIUM ROMANUM

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This is a selective index of named engagements and critical captures, not an additional set of independent wars. Follow the dossier for the source basis and qualifications. A "Roman victory" in a civil war identifies the successful faction only where that faction is named. City coordinates do not establish nearby battlefield coordinates.

Date Engagement or critical capture Result Dossier
390 BC Allia and the sack of Rome Roman defeat and occupation; exact year disputed W005
321 BC Caudine Forks Roman surrender W008
295 BC Sentinum Roman coalition victory W009
280 BC Heraclea Pyrrhus won; no decisive settlement W010
279 BC Asculum Pyrrhus won at cost; location and details debated W010
275 BC Beneventum Roman strategic success; Pyrrhus withdrew W010
260 BC Mylae Roman naval victory W012
256 BC Ecnomus Roman naval victory enabled African expedition W012
255 BC Regulus' defeat in Africa Carthaginian victory W012
249 BC Drepana Carthaginian naval victory W012
241 BC Aegates Islands Roman naval victory followed by peace W012
225 BC Telamon Roman victory W011
222 BC Clastidium Roman victory W011
218 BC Trebia Hannibal's victory W016
217 BC Lake Trasimene Hannibal's victory W016
216 BC Cannae Hannibal's victory; Rome continued the war W016
212 BC Capture of Syracuse Roman capture W016
211 BC Recovery of Capua Roman capture and punishment W016
209 BC Carthago Nova Scipio's capture of the port W017
207 BC Metaurus Roman victory; Hasdrubal killed W016
206 BC Ilipa Scipio's victory W017
202 BC Zama Roman–Numidian victory; exact battlefield disputed W018
197 BC Cynoscephalae Roman and allied victory W020
191 BC Thermopylae against Antiochus Roman and allied victory W022
190 BC Magnesia Roman and allied victory; winter date varies W022
168 BC Pydna Roman victory and end of Antigonid monarchy W023
146 BC Capture of Carthage Destruction of the Carthaginian state W025
146 BC Capture of Corinth Roman capture and destruction W024
133 BC Fall of Numantia Roman blockade succeeded W027
105 BC Arausio Major Roman defeat W031
102 BC Aquae Sextiae Marius' victory W031
101 BC Vercellae / Raudian Plain Roman victory; exact site debated W031
86 BC Athens and Piraeus Sulla's siege success W034
86 BC Chaeronea and Orchomenus Sulla's victories W034
82 BC Colline Gate Sullan victory W033
69 BC Tigranocerta Lucullus' victory W036
53 BC Carrhae Parthian victory W041
52 BC Alesia Caesar's siege victory W040
52 BC Gergovia Caesar's reverse W040
49 BC Ilerda Caesar's campaign success W042
48 BC Dyrrhachium Caesar's reverse W042
48 BC Pharsalus Caesar's victory W042
46 BC Thapsus Caesarian victory W042
45 BC Munda Caesar's victory; exact site debated W042
43 BC Mutina Antony checked; coalition soon changed W043
42 BC Philippi Antony and Octavian defeated Brutus and Cassius W043
40 BC Perusia Octavian's siege victory W043
38 BC Ventidius' defeat of Pacorus Roman recovery in the East W093
36 BC Naulochus Agrippa's naval victory W044
31 BC Actium Octavian and Agrippa's strategic victory W045
9 AD Varus disaster Major Roman defeat W049
16 AD Idistaviso and the Angrivarian Wall Roman victories in the narrative; sites debated W049
60 AD Boudica's final battle Roman victory in AD 60/61; battlefield unlocated W052
62 AD Rhandeia Paetus' capitulation W053
Battle of Naulochus (September 36 BCE)
SlideNotebookLMBattle of Naulochus (September 36 BCE) from Augustus: A Military Chronology, 44 BC – AD 14
Date Engagement or critical capture Result Dossier
69 AD The two battles of Bedriacum First Vitellian, then Flavian victories W055
70 AD Fall of Jerusalem Roman capture and destruction of the Temple W054
73 AD Masada Roman capture in AD 73/74 W054
83 AD Mons Graupius Roman victory in AD 83/84; exact site unlocated W051
88 AD Tapae under Domitian Roman victory; settlement followed in 89 W056
106 AD Fall of Sarmizegetusa Regia End of Decebalus' kingdom W057
116 AD Trajan's capture of Ctesiphon Roman capture without permanent conquest of Parthia W058
165 AD Verus' war: Ctesiphon Roman capture during eastern campaign W061
197 AD Lugdunum Severus defeated Albinus W063
217 AD Nisibis under Macrinus Costly fighting followed by Roman payment W095
251 AD Abritus Roman defeat; Decius killed W066
260 AD Capture of Valerian Major Sasanian victory W065
269 AD Naissus Conventional Roman victory attribution and date W066
272 AD Palmyra Aurelian's victory; renewed revolt followed W067
274 AD Defeat of Tetricus Aurelian reunited the western regime W067
296 AD Recovery of Britain Constantius defeated Allectus' regime W068
298 AD Galerius' capture of the royal camp Roman victory leading to treaty; site details debated W069
312 AD Milvian Bridge Constantine's victory W070
324 AD Chrysopolis Constantine defeated Licinius W070
351 AD Mursa Constantius II's victory W071
357 AD Strasbourg Julian's victory W074
359 AD Fall of Amida Shapur II's siege victory W072
363 AD Julian's expedition and retreat Roman strategic failure and concessions W073
378 AD Adrianople Gothic victory; Valens killed W077
394 AD Frigidus Theodosius I's victory W078
402 AD Pollentia Roman check to Alaric; broader outcome debated W079
403 AD Verona Roman success against Alaric W079
406 AD Defeat of Radagaisus Stilicho's victory W079
410 AD Sack of Rome Alaric's capture of the city W080
439 AD Capture of Carthage Vandal acquisition of a major power base W082
451 AD Catalaunian Plains Attila checked; exact site and full tactical course uncertain W083
452 AD Capture of Aquileia Hunnic capture W083
455 AD Vandal sack of Rome Capture, plunder and captives W082
460 AD Loss of Majorian's fleet Recovery expedition prevented W084
468 AD Cape Bon expedition Major imperial naval failure W084
472 AD Capture of Rome in civil war Ricimer defeated Anthemius W084
492 AD Cotyaeum Imperial field victory; Isaurian resistance continued W098
493 AD End of the Ravenna struggle Theodoric secured Italy W085
503 AD Fall of Amida to Kavadh Sasanian capture in the winter of 502–503 W086
515 AD Defeat of Vitalian's attack Imperial government retained the capital W099
530 AD Dara Roman victory W087
530 AD Satala under Sittas Roman victory in the Armenian theater W087
531 AD Callinicum Roman defeat in the field W087
532 AD Nika suppression Justinian retained power W088
533 AD Ad Decimum Belisarius' victory W090
533 AD Tricamarum Belisarius' victory W090
538 AD End of the first Gothic siege of Rome Successful imperial defense W091
540 AD Ravenna Imperial capture; the Gothic war continued W091
543 AD Anglon Roman defeat W089
544 AD Cillium Roman defeat; Solomon killed W092
544 AD Edessa Successful Roman defense W089
552 AD Taginae / Busta Gallorum Narses defeated Totila W091
553 AD Lactarius mountain Teias' final resistance defeated; 552/553 dating varies W091
559 AD Belisarius' defense against Zabergan Kutrigur attack checked W100

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