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	List of battles 1400 BC-600 AD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Battle of Himera The Carthaginians under Hamilcar are defeated by the Greeks of Sicily, led by Gelon of Syracuse.
		Battle of Sellasia Defeat of Cleomenes III of Sparta by Antigonus Doson of Macedon and the Achaean League
		357 Battle of Strasbourg Julian expels the Alamanni from the Rhineland
	www.enlightenweb.net /l/li/list_of_battles_1400_bc_600_ad.html (4463 words)

	Telamon
		Telamon was the son of Aeacus, King of Aegina.
		Telamon and his brother Peleus killed their half-brother Phocus, and had to flee Aegina.
		Telamon received Laomedon's daughter, Hesione, as a battle-prize; by her he had another son, Teucer.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/t/telamon.html (139 words)

	Time Commanders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After a brief introduction of the battle, including an overview of military units, terrain and available forces, the players have to develop a strategy and then deploy their forces.
		Two of the players are selected as generals, who will direct the battle and have access to a strategic map.
		Troop deployment and battle follows, although in the second series, there is a small skirmish conducted as a separate event, to acquaint the players with the game mechanics and their units.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Time_Commanders (319 words)

	Telamon, 225 BC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Telamon, 225 BC The Battle of Telamon, 225 BC The year 225 BCE was an important one for Italic history as it coincided with the last great Gaulic war against Rome.
		The battle is fought perpendicular to the Via Aurelia, between Talamone and the Aquilone hill.
		This was one of the greatest battles (80 000 combatants) fought by the Romans before the civil wars.
	www.barca.fsnet.co.uk /telamon.htm (921 words)

	Battle
		Polybius, who lived between about 202 and 120 BC, gives a full account of how the Celts fought at the battle of Telamon in 225 BC; it is worth quoting at length because it highlights several recurring characteristics: 'The Celts had drawn up the Gaesatae from the Alps to face their enemies on the rear...
		At the battle of Telamon the number of trumpeters and horn blowers was incalculable.
		At the battle of Cannae (216 BC) Polybius describes the naked Celts and the Iberians with their short linen tunics with purple borders, and Livy speaks of the Gauls naked from the navel up and of the Iberians with dazzlingly white tunics bordered with purple.
	www.pioneernet.net /connolly/battle.htm (1253 words)

	101 Amazons
		Iphito is depicted on a vase (referencing the 9th labor of Hercules) with Queen Andromache, behind Andromache in battle, slaying a Greek; Andromache herself is depicted in the stages of death at the hands of Hercules.
		Descriptions of a battle waged by the Libyan Amazons in their home territory, in which 30,000 soldiers and 3,000 cavalry fought, is believed to be the earliest record in the world of troops riding horses into battle.
		Athens was attacked, and the battle lasted anywhere from three months to four years, culminating in Antiope's apparent death at the hands of Molpadia, the Amazon who attempted to abduct her back to Themiskyra.
	members.tripod.com /~ancient_history/101amazons2.html (2623 words)

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		In this battle the Numidian cavalry showed itself just as superior to the Roman horse as the Roman infantry was superior to the Phoenician foot; the infantry decided the victory, but the losses even of the Romans were very considerable.
		The result of the successful struggle was somewhat marred by the circumstance that, after the battle, during the confusion and fatigue of the conquerors, the beleaguered army succeeded in escaping from the city and in reaching the fleet.
		The field of battle stretched away to an incalculable distance, to the unknown regions of another continent, and beyond a broad expanse of sea; every wave was a highway for the enemy; from any harbour he might be expected to issue for his onward march.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/0/7/0/10703/10703.txt (13674 words)

	History of the Hellenistic and Roman World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		During a battle in early 279 BCE, Keraunos was thrown by the elephant he was riding and killed; his head decorated a Gallic spear.
		At the Battle of Zama in 202 B.C., the greatest Roman general - Scipio Africanus - defeated the greatest Carthaginian general; the next year a peace treaty was signed.
		At the battle of Banyais he decisively defeated the Egyptians under Ptolemy V, who was forced to cede all of their western territory -- except the Sinai desert -- to the Seleucids.
	www.fenrir.dk /history/timeline.php (5770 words)

	Warriors, Weapons and Warfare
		In the meantime their charioteers retire a short distance from the battle and place the chariots in such a position that their masters, if hard pressed by numbers, have an easy means of retreat to their own lines.
		Thus they combine the mobility of cavalry with the staying- power of infantry; and by daily training and practice they attain such proficiency that even on a steep incline they are able to control the horses at full gallop, and to check and turn them in a moment.
		Polybius, in his accounts of the lead up to the battle of Telamon in 225 BC., reports that the Gauls had 20,000 cavalry and chariots.
	www.gallica.co.uk /celts/warriors.htm (988 words)

	Total War Center! - The Unofficial Total War Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Every time that I play out a battle or go inside to tour one of the many cities of my empire, I gasp at the graphical beauty that is implemented on this game.
		You actually feel that you are part of the battle when you zoom in to see what is happening and who's beating up who.
		There are also ten historical battles that you can choose from and are not part of the imperial campaign.
	www.twcenter.net /html/rome/romereview.php (4530 words)

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		Battle of Allia where the Senones and Lingones defeat the Romans on the left bank of the Tiber River.
		Battle of Admagetobriga between Ariovistus and the Gauls (Celts).
		The battle was joined again and Conor MacNessa emerged the victor, but the Milesian hold on Ireland had already begun to weaken from within as result of MacNessa's indiscretion.
	users.ev1.net /~gpmoran/CeltChron1.htm (5288 words)

	The History of the Royal Galloglas
		They were noted for their courage and fierceness in battle; they were placed in the van (lead, front and center) of the Irish armies, with the lighter armed Irish footmen and cavalry guarding their flanks.
		One of the earliest accounts of elite organised bands is given by Polybius, recounting the battle of Telamon in 225 BC between Celts and Romans.
		In this battle the MacDonells took the centre to be opposite the hated Campbells, and the Irish took the flank.
	home.earthlink.net /~rggsibiba/html/galloglas/gallohist.html (8395 words)

	GamersCircle :: Rome: Total War - Review
		We've known about the Battle of Teutoburg Forest for a long time, but some of the new battles that we've learned of include the Siege of Gergovia, the Battle of the River Trebia, and the Battle of Telamon.
		While you can adapt to the challenges presented by the terrain, the biggest challenge during battle is simply that of the oldest maxim in warfare: no plan survives first contact with the enemy.
		We had to replay the battle a second time and pay careful attention to the disposition of enemy cavalry; the moment they began to charge, we hurriedly got the troops out of testudo formation and into a line formation that could withstand the onslaught of the charging cavalry.
	www.gamerscircle.net /?p=3439 (2464 words)

	Celts
		Some Celtic tribes still fought naked at the battle of Telamon in 225 B.C. The Celt was renowned as a swords-man but he also used javelins and spears.
		The suggestion that the Celt wore heavy bracelets in battle has to be questioned, as it is hard to understand how they would stay on his arm whilst he wielded his sword.
		Before a battle the chiefs would ride out, in front of the army clashing their weapons on their shields, proclaiming their great deeds and challenging the enemy to single combat.
	www.crystalinks.com /celts.html (4208 words)

	Book II, 45,46 - General history of the Amazons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		There was a pitched battle, Sipylus and Mopsus gained the upper hand, and Myrina, the queen of the Amazons, and the larger part of the rest of her army were slain.
		The first, for instance, to join battle with him was Aella, who had been given this name because of her swiftness, but she found her opponent more agile than herself.
		For it is impossible that they should have placed their camp in the very city, and joined battle close by the Pnyx and the hill called Museum, unless, having first conquered the country around about, they had thus with impunity advanced to the city.
	people.uncw.edu /deagona/amazons/primary.htm (5942 words)

	Early Scottish History
		He is killed in battle and she escapes to Egypt, where her brother Ptolemy II reigns with his wife, Arsinoe.
		Battle of Telamon: Rome exterminates the Senones: Ancient Ones.
		Angles defeated at Battle of Dun Nechtan and are enslaved.
	www.tartanplace.com /tartanhistory/tartanhisear.html (3115 words)

	Dictionary: Nyctimus to Orthosie, Greek Mythology Link.
		A Dolionian killed by Phlias during the battle between the Dolionians (people of northwestern Asia Minor) and the ARGONAUTS [Val.1.148].
		A Dolionian killed by Telamon during the battle between the Dolionians (people of northwestern Asia Minor) and the ARGONAUTS [Val.1.198].
		A Dolionian killed by Idmon 2 during the battle between the Dolionians (people of northwestern Asia Minor) and the ARGONAUTS [Val.1.173].
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/001ShortEntries/SENyctimus.html (3768 words)

	Classical Sources
		But the Romans, while pleased to have trapped the enemy between two of their own armies, were greatly disturbed by the ornaments and battle noise of the Celts.
		When they encounter cavalry in battle they first hurl their spears then step down from the chariot to fight with swords.
		When two armies are drawn up for battle, it is their custom to step before the front line and challenge the best of'their opponents to single combat while they brandish their weapons in front of them to intimidate the enemy.
	www.kernunnos.com /culture/warriors/lit.html (1589 words)

	A CHRONOGRAPHY OF POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS CONFLICT
		202 BCE Hannibal is defeated at the Battle of Zama.
		An indecisive battle near the confluence of the Margus (modern Morava) and Danube rivers, not far from present-day Belgrade, would have been a defeat for Diocletian had Carinus not been assassinated by a group of soldiers.
		According to the account given by the Christian apologist Lactantius, Constantine fought the Battle of the Milvian Bridge (312) in the name of the Christian God, having received instructions in a dream to paint the Christian Cross on the shields of his troops.
	www.humanitas-international.org /perezites/archive/timeline.htm (19687 words)

	‘Every step the Gauls took was commended to them by the heat of passion rather than by cool calculation’ ...
		Not all tribes used the same practices so from accounts from some battles would not be a good representation of what might happen at another battle against other tribes.
		The battle of Telamon in 225 BC is the last recorded battle that the chariot was deployed.
		At the battle of Ticinius the Roman javelin throwers ran away terrified by the approaching cavalry.
	www.coursework.info /i/151.html (730 words)

	Dictionary: Pernis to Phylius, Greek Mythology Link.
		Phlegyas 2, counted among the ETHIOPIAN CHIEFS, was in the court of King Cepheus 1 at the moment of the fight between Phineus 1 and Perseus 1.
		Phocus 3 was a great athlete and because of this, they say, his half-brothers Peleus and Telamon plotted against him, and Telamon killed him in a match by throwing a quoit at his head.
		But because of this murder, which some think it was done to please their mother Endeis while others think it was an accident and not a murder, both Peleus and Telamon were banished from Aegina by Aeacus.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/001ShortEntries/SEPernis.html (4587 words)

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		When he is in battle a remarkable change comes over him; he increases in size, and his body trembles and whirls about inside of his skin so that his frontal features are turned to the rear.
		A Galatian legion under command of the Roman Domitius was routed in battle against the army of Pharnaces of Pontus in the Alexandrian War (40 BC).
		The Roman soldiers were well aware of the splendid ornaments worn by their opponents and before one battle they were told by their generals that soldiers should not be adorned with gold and silver but should rely on their weapons and their courage.
	www.kraffe.org /kraffe/breton/celts.txt (13873 words)

	Ancient Celtic Warriors - La Tene Hillforts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A tremendous battle followed, and the remains of weapons and burnt timbers have been uncovered there.
		Commemorated on a tombstone, this battle is depicted as combat between Etruscons on horseback dressed in Greek fashion against naked Celts on foot, who are armed with swords and large oval shields.
		By 225 BC, at the battle of Telamon, the lost independent Celtic tribe in northern Italy had been defeated, and the region became part of the emerging Roman Empire.
	members.aol.com /skyelander/celts3.html (1264 words)

	GameMethod.com: Rome: Total War (PC) Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Units rallying behind a competent general are less likely to run from battle and more apt to fight to the death; even more, you can use this against your opponent, but scaring enemy units under poor leadership out of battle.
		Playing on the campaign map is far slower in pace than in battle, although this is to be expected; yet, the dramatic shift in dynamic from the contemplative strategizing of the campaign map to the seat-of-your-pants tactics of battle can be a bit jarring.
		Other modes include eleven superb historical battles that recreate ancient battles such as the Battle of Telamon and the Battle of the River Trebia, in which Hannibal obliterated Roman forces.
	www.gamemethod.com /PC/830/rome-total-war-pc-review?pg=3 (773 words)

	Warriors - Book of the Celts - tribe.net
		Very terrifying too were the appearance and the gestures of the naked warriors in front, all in the prime of life and finely built men, and all in the leading companies richly adorned with gold torcs and armlets."
		In this action Galas the Consul fell in the melee fighting with desperate courage, and his head was brought to the Celtic kings...
		Diodorus said that the chariot was drawn by two horses, and could carry a driver and a warrior.
	celtica.tribe.net /thread/17c84837-2b64-497f-8834-d60fbdf9a063 (1090 words)

	Religious Cults Associated with the Amazons: Chapter I: The Amazons in Greek Legend
		but, from the facts that battle with them is considered a severe test of the hero's valour and that as warriors they are ranked with the monstrous chimaera, the fierce Solymi, and picked men of Lycia, we gather that they are conceived as beings to be feared.
		The battle between Greeks and Amazons was a favourite theme with the sculptors of friezes.
		They are shown in every conceivable situation indicative of their prowess in battle and in the hunt,--on foot, on horseback, in chariots, preparing for combat, taking the ephebes' oath, bearing away the dead, and so on.
	www.sacred-texts.com /wmn/rca/rca02.htm (4253 words)

	Greek Mythology: CETUS / KETOS TROIAS the Sea Monster of Troy Constellation w/ Pictures
		"Hercules with Telamon at his side passed along the shore that broke back in a pleasant inlet, a voice fell upon their ears, ever and anon sounding mournfully as each wave broke and murmured away again.
		Telamon stands in amaze at the hero growing fiercer with the frenzy of the chosen battle, at the swelling muscles and the body so huge in its armour, and how the loaded quiver smites his back.
		But he, with a prayer to his father and the gods of the sea and his own weapons, leapt upon a rock, while he shuddered at the sea stirred to tis depths and the towering dragon’s vast coils...
	www.theoi.com /Ther/KetosTroias.html (1697 words)

	NOVA ROMA ::: Camenaeum ::: RES PUBLICA
		Battle of the Caudine Forks; Roman army forced to surrender to the Samnites.
		Romans defeated by Pyrrhus at the Battle of Asculum.
		Battle of Telamon; Rome defeats Gauls who had crossed the Apennines Mountains.
	www.novaroma.org /camenaeum/republic.htm (544 words)

	Druids
		The Romans had also fought the Gauls before (in the battle of Telamon, in Eturia, 225 BC) and during the Second Punic War against the Carthaginians, in third-quarter of the 3rd century BC.
		As Nemed's son, Iarbonél was one of the four Nemedian chieftains and he fought against the Fomorians in battles.
		In the Second Battle of Mag Tuired, the two sisters aided the Tuatha Dé Danann in the war against the Fomorians, using their sorcery to conjure grass and leaves to create illusions a host of Danann warriors.
	www.timelessmyths.com /celtic/druids.html (8814 words)

	Celtica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Not only did the Celtic invaders move as would be settlers with their families and possessions, but fast moving warrior bands raided far to the south.
		Apulia and even Sicily were reached and Rome was a prime target from its successful sacking about 390 BC to the decisive battle of Telamon in 225BC when a vast Gaulish army, including warriors freshly brought from beyond the Alps, was caught between two Roman forces and defeated.
		The end of Cisapline Gaulish independence came only in 192 BC when the Romans defeated the Boii at their stronghold....a place that was to become modern Bologna.
	cornellia.fws1.com /new_page_9.htm (764 words)

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