Wars · Guide
Chronological register
The entries are sorted by the opening of their historical frame. Some cover linked campaigns or a theater of a larger war; the title and dossier identify that relationship. Dates are conventional where the evidence is retrospective or disputed.
| Date frame | Dossier | Words |
|---|---|---|
| traditionally 753–509 BC. | W001. The wars attributed to the kings | 759 |
| traditionally c. 509–496 BC. | W002. The Tarquinian restoration wars and Lake Regillus | 605 |
| principally the fifth and early fourth centuries BC. | W003. The Aequian, Volscian, Sabine and Fidenate wars | 748 |
| traditionally 406–396 BC. | W004. The final war with Veii | 649 |
| 390 BC in the traditional Roman chronology; often placed c. 387/386 BC in alternative reconstructions. | W005. The Allia and the Gallic sack of Rome | 3,775 |
| conventionally 343–341 BC. | W006. The First Samnite War | 1,579 |
| 340–338 BC. | W007. The Latin War | 1,734 |
| 326–304 BC. | W008. The Second Samnite War | 3,086 |
| 298–290 BC, with subsequent regional fighting. | W009. The Third Samnite War and the Italian coalition | 2,532 |
| recurring campaigns, especially 284–282, 225–222 and the early second century BC. | W011. Cisalpine Gallic and Ligurian wars | 1,897 |
| Pyrrhus in Italy and Sicily, 280–275 BC; Tarentum surrendered in 272 BC. | W010. Pyrrhus, Tarentum and the conquest of the Italian south | 6,661 |
| 264–241 BC. | W012. The First Punic War | 9,069 |
| c. 241/240–237 BC; Roman seizure of Sardinia in 238 BC. | W013. The Mercenary War and Rome's seizure of Sardinia | 2,262 |
| 229–228 and 219 BC. | W014. The first two Illyrian wars | 924 |
| 218–201 BC; Zama was fought in 202 BC. | W015. The Second Punic War: the whole conflict | 2,790 |
| 218–203 BC. | W016. Hannibal in Italy | 18,056 |
| 218–206 BC. | W017. The Iberian theater of the Hannibalic War | 6,408 |
| 215–205 BC. | W019. The First Macedonian War | 925 |
| 204–201 BC. | W018. Scipio in Africa and the battle of Zama | 8,624 |
| 200–197 BC for the main fighting; settlement and proclamation of Greek freedom in 196 BC. | W020. The Second Macedonian War | 4,082 |
| principal operations in 195 and 191–189 BC. | W021. Nabis, Aetolia and Galatia: the enforcement campaigns | 633 |
| 192–188 BC. | W022. The Roman–Seleucid War | 4,968 |
| several phases, especially 181–179 and 154–133 BC; final siege 134–133 BC. | W027. The Celtiberian wars and Numantia | 1,281 |
| 171–168 BC; Genthius' Illyrian war was fought in 168. | W023. The Third Macedonian and Third Illyrian wars | 3,714 |
| major fighting c. 155–139 BC; Viriathus' leadership conventionally 147–139 BC. | W026. The Lusitanian wars and Viriathus | 1,937 |
| c. 150–148 BC and 146 BC. | W024. The Fourth Macedonian and Achaean wars | 3,190 |
| 149–146 BC. | W025. The Third Punic War | 3,395 |
| conventionally 135–132 BC, with some chronologies beginning earlier; 104–100 BC. | W029. The Sicilian servile wars | 750 |
| 133–129 BC. | W028. Aristonicus and the Attalid succession | 571 |
| 113–101 BC. | W031. The Cimbrian and Teutonic wars | 1,633 |
| 112–105 BC. | W030. The Jugurthine War | 2,228 |
| principally 91–88 BC, with continuing resistance overlapping later civil wars. | W032. The Social War | 987 |
| 89/88–85 BC. | W034. The First Mithridatic War | 1,224 |
| 88–82 BC; Sulla's dictatorship and settlement extended beyond the main fighting. | W033. The civil wars of Marius, Cinna and Sulla | 2,062 |
| 83–81 BC. | W035. The Second Mithridatic War | 673 |
| 80–72 BC. | W037. The Sertorian War | 1,053 |
| 74–63 BC. | W036. The Third Mithridatic War and the Armenian campaigns | 1,930 |
| 73–71 BC. | W038. Spartacus and the Third Servile War | 1,225 |
| 67 BC. | W039. Pompey's war against the pirates | 531 |
| 58–50 BC; the main surviving narrative culminates in 52–51 BC. | W040. Caesar's Gallic wars | 2,581 |
| 54–53 BC. | W041. Crassus and the Parthian disaster at Carrhae | 659 |
| 49–45 BC. | W042. Caesar's civil war and the wars of the Caesarian corpus | 2,864 |
| 44–40 BC. | W043. The wars after Caesar: Mutina, Philippi and Perusia | 1,433 |
| 40–38 BC and 36–34 BC, in distinct defensive and offensive campaigns. | W093. Ventidius, Antony and the Parthian wars | 525 |
| Date frame | Dossier | Words |
|---|---|---|
| principal final campaign 38–36 BC; the maritime challenge began earlier. | W044. Sextus Pompey and the Sicilian war | 642 |
| 32–30 BC. | W045. Actium and the conquest of Egypt | 1,198 |
| principally 29 BC–AD 6, in several distinct campaigns. | W046. Augustus' western, Alpine and Danubian conquests | 1,869 |
| Aelius Gallus' Arabian expedition, 26–25 BC; major Nubian fighting c. 25–22 BC. | W047. The Arabian expedition and the Nubian wars | 753 |
| AD 6–9. | W048. The great Illyrian revolt | 907 |
| AD 9; renewed campaigns under Germanicus, AD 14–16. | W049. Varus' defeat and Germanicus' campaigns | 2,531 |
| Tacfarinas, AD 17–24; Mauretanian resistance, principally AD 40–44. | W050. Tacfarinas and the Mauretanian annexation wars | 813 |
| invasion in AD 43; expansion through Agricola's command, c. AD 77/78–84. | W051. The conquest of Britain and Agricola's northern campaigns | 1,373 |
| principal war AD 58–63; the ceremonial settlement extended to AD 66. | W053. Corbulo, Armenia and the Parthian settlement | 1,535 |
| AD 60/61. | W052. Boudica's revolt | 618 |
| AD 66–73/74; Jerusalem fell in AD 70. | W054. The first Jewish revolt | 1,800 |
| imperial succession crisis AD 68–69; Batavian and associated revolt AD 69–70. | W055. The civil war of AD 68–69 and the Batavian revolt | 2,429 |
| principal operations AD 83–92, within the reign AD 81–96. | W056. Domitian's German and Danubian wars | 1,214 |
| AD 101–102 and 105–106. | W057. Trajan's Dacian wars | 1,193 |
| AD 113/114–117. | W058. Trajan's Parthian war | 712 |
| AD 115–117. | W059. The diaspora revolts under Trajan | 653 |
| AD 132–135/136. | W060. The Bar Kokhba war | 1,085 |
| principal phases under Antoninus Pius and renewed major fighting under Commodus, especially c. AD 142 onward and AD 180–184. | W094. The later British wars of the second century | 571 |
| AD 161–166. | W061. The Roman–Parthian war of Lucius Verus | 624 |
| c. AD 166–180, in several phases. | W062. The Marcomannic wars | 607 |
| Date frame | Dossier | Words |
|---|---|---|
| AD 193–197. | W063. The Severan civil wars | 637 |
| principal eastern campaigns AD 194–199; British expedition AD 208–211. | W064. Severan frontier wars in the East and Britain | 634 |
| AD 216–218. | W095. Caracalla, Macrinus and the Parthian war | 444 |
| principal Roman–Sasanian campaigns from the AD 230s to 260, with later recovery. | W065. The emergence of Sasanian power and the third-century Persian wars | 1,333 |
| especially the AD 230s–270s. | W066. Gothic and other incursions in the third century | 738 |
| AD 270–274. | W067. Aurelian's reunification wars | 1,215 |
| British separatist regime AD 286–296; wider tetrarchic campaigns during AD 284–305. | W068. Carausius, Allectus and the tetrarchic recovery campaigns | 648 |
| c. AD 296–299. | W069. Galerius' war with Narseh | 584 |
| AD 306–324. | W070. Constantine and the wars of the tetrarchic succession | 772 |
| principal episodes AD 337–340 and 350–353. | W071. The civil wars of Constantine's heirs and Magnentius | 694 |
| recurring major fighting AD 337–361. | W072. Constantius II and Shapur II | 649 |
| principally AD 356–360; battle of Strasbourg in AD 357. | W074. Julian's Gallic campaigns and Strasbourg | 687 |
| AD 363. | W073. Julian's Persian expedition | 777 |
| AD 367–369. | W075. The British crisis and the elder Theodosius | 552 |
| c. AD 372–375. | W076. The revolt of Firmus | 573 |
| AD 376–382; battle of Adrianople, 9 August AD 378. | W077. The Gothic war and Adrianople | 1,262 |
| AD 387–388 and 394. | W078. Theodosius I's civil wars | 534 |
| principal campaigns AD 397–406, within Stilicho's ascendancy AD 395–408. | W079. Stilicho's wars: Africa, Italy and the Gothic challenge | 1,113 |
| c. AD 406–410, with civil-war consequences continuing afterward. | W080. The Rhine crossing, the western usurpations and the sack of Rome | 565 |
| principally AD 409–475. | W081. The wars and settlements of Gaul and Spain | 830 |
| AD 421–422. | W096. The Roman–Persian war of AD 421–422 | 419 |
| crossing into Africa AD 429; capture of Carthage AD 439; sack of Rome AD 455. | W082. The Vandal conquest of Africa and the sack of AD 455 | 598 |
| major campaigns in the AD 440s–452; Gallic campaign AD 451 and Italian campaign AD 452. | W083. Attila's Balkan, Gallic and Italian wars | 970 |
| AD 440–441. | W097. The Roman–Persian conflict of AD 440–441 | 416 |
| principally AD 455–472; major naval failures in AD 460 and 468. | W084. The failed recoveries of Africa and the last western civil wars | 667 |
| Odoacer's takeover AD 476; Theodoric's invasion and war AD 488/489–493. | W085. Odoacer, Theodoric and the wars for Italy | 2,168 |
| principal war AD 492–497; final captures and settlement extended to AD 498. | W098. The Isaurian war of Anastasius | 525 |
| AD 502–506. | W086. The Anastasian war | 4,324 |
| AD 513–515 for the armed challenge; later political consequences extended beyond the campaigns. | W099. The revolt of Vitalian | 422 |
| AD 526–532, with antecedents in the mid-520s. | W087. The Iberian war: Dara and Callinicum | 11,219 |
| January AD 532. | W088. The Nika insurrection | 3,354 |
| AD 533–534. | W090. The Vandalic war | 15,355 |
| principally AD 534–548. | W092. Africa after the conquest: mutiny and the wars with the Mauri | 13,857 |
| AD 535–554 as a conventional main-war frame; resistance and consolidation continued beyond the last major Gothic defeats. | W091. The Gothic war for Italy | 23,361 |
| renewed war from AD 540; Lazic fighting principally AD 541–557; wider settlement conventionally AD 562. | W089. Khusro's invasions and the Lazic war | 12,749 |
| winter AD 558–559 and the campaigns of AD 559. | W100. The Kutrigur invasion and Belisarius' last defense | 599 |
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