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  List of Roman battles
225 BC - Battle of Faesulae - Romans are defeated by the Gauls of Northern Italy.
Battle of Herdonia - Hannibal destroys the Roman army of the praetor Gnaeus Fulvius.
357 - Battle of Strasbourg (357) - Julian expels the Alamanni from the Rhineland
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 Encyclopedia: List of Roman battles
The Battle of Clastidium was fought in 222 BC between a Roman Army led by Marcus Claudius Marcellus and the Gauls led by Viridomarus.
The Battle of the Metaurus was a pivotal battle in the ancient conflict between Rome and Carthage, fought in 207 BC near the Metaurus River in Italy.
The Battle of the Axona was fought in 57 BC between the Roman army of Julius Caesar and the Belgae.
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 Encyclopedia: List of battles before 601
Battle of Himera The Carthaginians under Hamilcar are defeated by the Greeks of Sicily, led by Gelon of Syracuse.
Battle of Lautulae The Romans are defeated by the Samnites.
225 BC Battle of Faesulae The Romans are defeated by the Gauls of Northern Italy.
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 List of Roman battles -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Battle of the Eurymedon - Roman forces under Lucius Aemilius Regillus defeat a Seleucid fleet commanded by (A town in northeast Missouri on the Mississippi River; boyhood home of Mark Twain) Hannibal, fighting his last battle.
June - Battle of the Arar (Saone) - (Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)) Caesar defeats the migrating Helvetians
Battle of Immae - Aurelian defeats the army of (additional info and facts about Zenobia) Zenobia of (Tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving) Palmyra
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 Phoenicia, Phoenician Wars
By design, this move forced Flaminius' army into open combat, and, as it passed between the northern shore of Lake Trasimene and the opposite hills, Hannibal's troops from their prepared positions all but annihilated it, killing thousands and driving others to drown in the lake.
The treaty between Rome and Carthage that was concluded a year after the Battle of Zama frustrated the entire object of Hannibal's life, but his hopes of taking arms once more against Rome lived on.
Although accused of having misconducted the war, he was made a suffete (a civil magistrate) in addition to retaining his military command, and as suffete he was able to overthrow the power of the oligarchic governing faction at Carthage and bring about certain administrative and constitutional changes.
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 Livy's History of Rome
At last, when the battle was over and the sun's heat had dispelled the fog, mountain and plain revealed in the clear light the disastrous overthrow of the Roman army and showed only too plainly that all was lost.
Just as this battle of the cavalry was finished, the infantry became engaged, and as long as the Gauls and Spaniards kept their ranks unbroken, both sides were equally matched in strength and courage.
[22.50]Such was the battle of Cannae, a battle as famous as the disastrous one at the Allia; not so serious in its results, owing to the inaction of the enemy, but more serious and more horrible in view of the slaughter of the army.
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 ROMAN BATTLES
310 BC - Battle of Lake Vadimo - Romans defeat the Etruscans.
249 BC - Battle of Drepana - Carthaginians under Adherbal defeat the fleet of Roman admiral Claudius Pulcher.
447 - Battle of the Utus - Attila the Hun is defeated by the East Romans in an indecisive battle
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 Roman Revolution and Civil Wars by Sanderson Beck
After several battles the senate conferred Roman citizenship on the Etruscans, Umbrians, Latins, and all the Italians not in revolt, though the ten new tribes voting last had little influence.
After the battle of Pharsalus many of Pompey's officers came over to Caesar's side, and the consul Servilius and the senate of Rome gave him a second dictatorship.
He attempted to reconcile Cleopatra VII with her young brother Ptolemy XII; but the latter's eunuch advisor Pothinus and general Achillas plotted against him, as did her younger brother and sister Arsinoe, causing a war in the city in which the besieged Romans burned the fleet of warships and by accident the great library.
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 Sallust: Conspiracy of Catiline
At this period, too, he is said to have attached to his cause great numbers of men of all classes, and some women, who had, in their earlier days, supported an expensive life by the price of their beauty, but who, when age had lessened their gains but not their extravagance, had contracted heavy debts.
When the battle was over, it was plainly seen what boldness, and what energy of spirit, had prevailed throughout the army of Catiline; for, almost everywhere, every soldier, after yielding up his breath, covered with his corpse the spot which he had occupied when alive.
Of his whole army, neither in the battle, nor in flight, was any free-born citizen made prisoner, for they had spared their own lives no more than those of the enemy.
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 Granius Licinianus - translation
Rutilius relates that the consuls and generals, who had crushed the enemy by their courage in fierce battle, had even devoted themselves to the gods, promising [to charge into the middle of the enemy, and to give up] their lives for their country.
He passed a corn law without opposition, which provided a corn allowance of five modii for the people, and he made many other promises: to recall the exiles, to rescind the acts of Sulla, and to restore to its owners the land which had been used for military colonies.
The inhabitants of Faesulae broke into the strongholds of the veterans.
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 Studentsville :: History of Florence
Faesulae (the modern Fiesole, which had supported Catilina) was subsequently destroyed and the survivors forcibly moved from the hill to the valley where the Romans had just established a fortified village, Florentia.
In 1289 Arezzo was also conquered in a battle at Campaldino, in which the famous Dante Alighieri fought.
Dante was a poet and a writer and took part passionately in the political life of the city until his faction was defeated and he was exiled from Florence.
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 The Life of Hannibal Barca   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In the battle which ensued the Romans were defeated, and Scipio, with the remainder of the army, retreating along the left bank of the Po, crossed the river before Hannibal could overtake him and encamped near Placentia.
After resting his troops for a short time in the neighbourhood of Faesulae, he marched past Arretium, ravaging the country as he went, with the view of drawing on Flaminius to a battle.
This misfortune obliged Hannibal to act on the defensive; and from this time till his departure from Italy in B.C. 203, he was confined to Bruttium; but, by his superior military skill, he maintained his army in a hostile country without any assistance from his government at home.
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 Orders in Etruria
Furthermore, I do not intend to march on Faesulae, even though it is undefended.
In this case the Illyricans will make a wide arc around the right to fall on the Etruscan's left and rear after they are fully committed to the battle.
This is the general plan if Tarquin engages, but we'll have time for more detailed orders when and if we deploy for battle.
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 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 177 (v. 1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
ANEROESTU6 or ANEROESTES ('A^prf-etTTos, 'Ai/^poe'o-TTjs), king of the Gaesati, a Gallic people between the Alps and the Rhone, who was induced by the Boii and the Insubres to make war upon the Romans.
225, defeated the Romans near Faesulae, but in his return home was intercepted by the con­sul C. Atilius, who had come from Corsica.
A battle ensued near Pisae, in which the Gauls were defeated with immense slaughter, but Atilius was killed.
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 Punic, Pyhhric, Samnites, Macedonians and Hannibal
Hannibal defeats Romans led by Scipio the Elder in a cavalry battle.
Hannibal destroys Roman army of Lucius Aemilius Paulus and Publius Terentius Varro, in one of the greatest tactical battles in history.
Hannibal battles Roman armies led by Fulvius Flaccus and Appius Claudius - the Romans escape.
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 The Road to Trasimene, 217 BC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Roman consuls for 217, Gaius Flaminius and Servilius Geminus, had stationed their two armies at Arretium and Ariminum to guard both possible routes, west and east, by which Hannibal might cross the Apennines.
Allowing Hannibal to pass, Flaminius followed, harassing the Carthaginian army and hoping to meet Geminus farther south, where they would jointly give battle.
However, Hannibal was able to outmanoeuvre that of the Roman consul Gaius Flaminius at Arretium and reached Faesulae (modern Fiesole) and Perugia.
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 The battle for the bridge (Rapidum)
as they planned it since the start of the battle.
They are moving west to leave the valley (Legio XXI is passing the bridge and regrouping), while...
After the battle Marcus Claudius joins with the other legiones.
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 Asconius, Pro Milone
Thereupon, when the battle had been begun, several of Milo's men rushed up.
At the fourth milestone from the City a battle took place in which many on both sides fell, more from the band of Flavius, however, among whom were Marcus Papirius a Roman knight, a publican, a close friend of Pompeius.
in 54] when this oration was spoken) a battle took place on the Via Sacra between the gangs of the candidates Hypsaeus and Milo, and many of Milo's men unexpectedly were killed.
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 Ancient Rome From the Earliest Times Down to 476 A.D By Robert F. Pennel (1890)- Chapter 2 from Nalanda Digital Library ...
In Etruria were Florentia, Faesulae, Pisae, Arretium, Volaterrae, Clusium, and Tarquinii; also Lake Trasiménus.
Apulia is the most level of the countries south of the Rubicon.
Its only stream is the Aufidus, on the bank of which at Cannae was fought a famous battle.
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 At Faesulae
Consul Hibernicus vanguards are in sight of the city of Faesulae.
Faesule doors are closed and the city is refusing to let enter the 1200 rebels.
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 Etruscans, Main page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
That there were rich tombs in Rome itself cannot be doubted--tombs similar to those in the Latin town of Praeneste (modern Palestrina).
Meanwhile, by the beginning of the 6th century the Etruscans had included Fiesole (ancient Faesulae) and Volterra (ancient Volaterrae) in their northern limits and at the same time began to push southward into Campania.
Capua became the chief Etruscan foundation in this region and Nola a second; a necropolis has been found in the Salerno region and Etruscan objects in low levels at Herculaneum and Pompeii.
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 List of Roman battles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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283 BC - Battle of Lake Vadimo - A Roman army under P. Cornelius Dolabello defeats the Etruscans and Gauls.
269 - Battle of Naissus - Claudius II decisively defeats the Goths, earning the surname Gothicus.
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 Index of names: Ar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
227/3_ Cleomenes defeats Aratus in a battle by Mt. Lycaeum.
128/7_ ia in battle against the Scythians, and the accession of Artabanus
123/6_ Artabanus I of Parthia is killed in battle against the Tocharii and
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Who lulled Argus to sleep to permit the escape of Io?
After what battle and in what year did Julius Caesar send back the famous phrase "Veni!
At what battle in what year did Caesar succeed in becoming an autocrat, having defeated all of his political opponents?
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Bonus: After what battle in 279 BC did Pyrrhus proclaim a "Pyrrhic victory"?
15) Toss-Up: After what battle and in wht year did Julius Caesar send back the famous phrase "Veni!
Bonus: At what battle in what year did Caesar succeed in becoming an autocrat, having defeated all of his political opponents?
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