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Major Battles of the Roman Empire

Wars and Battles of Imperial Rome

By N.S. Gill, About.com

The major wars and battles of Imperial Rome can be divided into the following categories:
  • Germanic Wars
  • Roman Conquest of Britain
  • Parthian Wars
  • Jewish Wars
  • Civil Wars
  • Gothic Invasions of the Roman Empire
The following table shows the sequence of the battles.

Major Battles

9 Teutoburger Wald (Teutoburg Forest) ( 9)
Roman: Publius Quintilius Varus
Germanic: Arminius
11 Lippe River (11 B.C.) Germanic
16 Minden Germanic: Arminius
43 Medway River Briton
50 Shropshire Briton
58 Artaxata Parthian
59 Tigranocerta Parthian
61 Verulamium (St. Albans), Britain Briton
62 Arsanias River Parthian
66 Bezetha Jewish
66 Beth-Horon (October) Judeans
68 Jotapata in Palestine Jewish
70 Jerusalem Jewish
165 Ctesiphon in Iraq Parthian
197 Ctesiphon in Iraq (197-198) Parthian
251 Abrittus Gothic
312 Milvian Bridge (Saxa Rubra) (27 October) Romans
324 Adrianople (3 July)
Romans: Constantine
Romans: Licinius
378 Adrianople (9 August)
Gothic
Byzantine
451 Chalons (June) Huns

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