List of Roman battles

Table of contents

1 5th century BC 2 4th century BC 3 3rd century BC 4 2nd century BC 5 1st century BC 6 1st century 7 2nd century 8 3rd century 9 4th century 10 5th century 11 6th century

5th century BC

• 496 BC Battle of Lake Regillus - A legendary early Roman victory, won over either the Etruscans or the Latins

4th century BC

• 396 BC - Battle of Veii - Romans complete conquest of Etruscans
• 390 BC - Battle of the Allia - Gauls defeat the Romans, leading to the Gallic sack of Rome
• 342 BC - Battle of Mount Gaurus - Roman general Marcus Valerius Corvus defeats the Samnites
• 339 BC - Battle of Vesuvius - The rebellious Latins defeat Romans under P. Decius Mus.
• 338 BC - Battle of Trifanum - Roman general T. Manlius Torquatus decisively defeats the Latins.
• 321 BC - Battle of the Claudine Forks - Romans under Spurius Postumius and T. Verturius Calvinus are defeated by the Samnites under Gaius Pontius.
• 316 BC - Battle of Lautulae - Romans are defeated by the Samnites.
• 315 BC - Battle of Ciuna - Romans defeated the Samnites
• 310 BC - Battle of Lake Vadimo - Romans defeat the Etruscans.
• 305 BC - Battle of Bovianum - Roman consuls M. Fulvius and L. Postumius decisiviely defeat the Samnites to end the Second Samnite War.

3rd century BC

• 298 BC - Battle of Camerinum - Samnites defeat the Romans under Lucius Cornelius Scipio in the first battle of the Third Samnite War.
• 295 BC - Battle of Sentinum - Romans under Fabius Rullianus and Publius Decimus Mus defeat the Samnites and their Etruscan and Gallic allies, forcing the Etruscans, Gauls, and Umbrians to make peace
• 293 BC - Battle of Aquilonia - Romans decisively defeat the Samnites.
• 285 BC - Battle of Arretium - A Roman army under Lucius Caecilius is destroyed by the Gauls
• 283 BC - Battle of Lake Vadimo - A Roman army under P. Cornelius Dolabello defeats the Etruscans and Gauls.
• 282 BC - Battle of Populonia - Etruscan resistance to Roman domination of Italy is finally crushed.
• 280 BC - Battle of Heraclea - First engagement of Roman and Greek armies, the latter led by Pyrrhus of Epirus, who is victorious, but at great cost.
• 279 BC - Battle of Asculum - Pyrrhus again defeats the Romans.
• 275 BC - Battle of Beneventum - Pyrrhus is finally defeated by the Romans under Marcus Curius Dentatus.
• 261 BC - Battle of Agrigentum - Carthaginian forces under Hannibal Gisco and Hanno are defeated by the Romans, that attain control of most of Sicily.
• 260 BC –
  • Battle of the Lipara Islands - A Roman naval force is defeated by the Carthaginians
  • Battle of Mylae - A Roman naval force under C. Duillius defeats the Carthaginian fleet, giving Rome control of the western Mediterranean.
• 256 BC -
  • Battle of Cape Ecnomus - A Carthaginian fleet under Hamilcar and Hanno is defeated in an attempt to stop a Roman invasion of Africa by Marcus Atilius Regulus.
  • Battle of Adys - Romans under Regulus defeat the Carthaginians in North Africa
• 255 BC - Battle of Tunes - Carthaginians under Xanthippus, a Greek mercenary, defeat the Romans under Regulus, who is captured.
• 251 BC - Battle of Panormus - Carthaginian forces under Hasdrubal are defeated by the Romans under L. Caecilius Metellus.
• 249 BC - Battle of Drepana - Carthaginians under Adherbal defeat the fleet of Roman admiral Claudius Pulcher.
• 242 BC - Battle of the Aegates Islands - Roman sea victory over the Carthaginians, ending the First Punic War
• 225 BC - Battle of Faesulae - Romans are defeated by the Gauls of Northern Italy.
• 224 BC - Battle of Telamon - Romans under Aemilius Papus and Caius Atilius Regulus defeat the Gauls.
• 222 BC - Battle of Clastidium - Romans under Marcus Claudius Marcellus defeat the Gauls.
• 218 BC -
  • November Battle of the Ticinus - Hannibal defeats the Romans under Publius Cornelius Scipio the elder in a small cavalry fight.
  • Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal defeats the Romans under Titius Sempronius, who had foolishly attacked.
• 217 BC, in April - Battle of Lake Trasimene - In an ambush, Hannibal destroys the Roman army of Gaius Flaminius, who is killed.
• 216 BC -
  • August 2 - Battle of Cannae - Hannibal destroys the Roman army of Lucius Aemilius Paulus and Publius Terentius Varro in what is considered one of the great masterpieces of the tactical art.
  • First Battle of Nola - Roman general Marcus Claudius Marcellus holds off an attack by Hannibal.
• 215 BC - Second Battle of Nola - Marcellus again repulses an attack by Hannibal.
• 214 BC - Third Battle of Nola - Marcellus fights an inconclusive battle with Hannibal.
• 212 BC -
  • First Battle of Capua - Hannibal defeats the