Ancient Wars

Learn about important wars and battles of the ancient world from articles listed on this page.

Glossary entry on the Roman Republic's Social War.

The Romans fought four Macedonian Wars between 215 and 148 B.C.

The Cimbric War was fought between Rome and the northern tribes of Cimbri and Teutones who were trying to settle in Italy.

The Jugurthine War was one of the empire-expanding wars fought by the Romans, but it was more important for its leaders than its results.

A chronology of the Spanish Wars that were fought between 153 and 133 B.C.

The Romans fought their neighbors across the Adriatic Sea in the Illyrian Wars, which were around the time of the Punic Wars.

The Seleucid War was fought by Rome against the Syrian king Antiochus in connection with the Macedonian Wars.

Tarentum was a colony of Sparta that hired Pyrrhus of Epirus to defend it against Rome.

Major Wars during the Roman Republic.

During the three Samnite Wars, the Samnites and Romans fought for control of Italy during the third and fourth century B.C.

The three Mithridatic Wars between Rome and Mithridates king of Pontus had a lasting effect on the Roman political world.