Wars · Guide
Critical chronology and disputed conclusions
| Problem | Treatment in this compendium |
|---|---|
| Allia and the sack of Rome | Traditional 390 BC is distinguished from alternative chronologies around 387/386. |
| Sicily and Sardinia | The 241 BC peace and later seizure of Sardinia are separate events. |
| Sentinum | The battle of 295 BC belongs to the Third Samnite War, not a war ending in 304. |
| Syracuse | The siege began in 214 BC and the city fell in 212 BC. The epidemic among the relief forces and the successive capture of city sectors are distinguished from the initial Roman assault. |
| Zama | Battle in 202 BC and treaty in 201 BC are separate endpoints; the exact field is disputed. |
| Numantia | Repeated wars are distinguished from the final siege of 134–133 BC. |
| Mithridatic wars | Three wars and their intervals replace a fictitious continuous forty-six-year campaign. |
| Boudica and Mons Graupius | Final battlefield identifications remain uncertain. |
| Royal and Roman Sarmizegetusa | Distinct sites and historical roles. |
| Adrianople | Constantine's AD 324 campaign is distinct from Valens' catastrophe in AD 378. |
| Settlement of AD 382 | A sovereign "state within a state" is not presented as a preserved treaty clause. |
| Majorian's fleet | Loss in AD 460 is separated from deposition and death in AD 461. |
| AD 476 | The western office, Nepos' continuing claim and eastern Roman survival are distinguished. |
| Ravenna in AD 540 | A major capture, followed by renewed Gothic war; not the final conquest of Italy. |
| Peace of AD 561/562 | The conventional AD 562 endpoint retains the chronological debate. |
| Numerical precision | Reported armies and losses are not audited counts. |
| Generated illustrations | Material and tactical interpretations, never independent historical proof. |
Verification boundary
This is an extensive editorial research compendium, not a claim that every inherited narrative detail has received independent archaeological or manuscript verification. The text integrates substantial existing narrative and primary material, adds structured dossiers and fills identified gaps. Its source criticism, uncertain locations and distinction between testimony and reconstruction are integral to its use.
End of the core compendium. The separate dossier files reproduce the same substantive records for individual reading and annotation.
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