Wars and battles of the Roman Republic up until the time of the Empire.
A look at the three Punic Wars.
The Battle of Naulochus was fought between the second triumvirate and Sextus Pompey.
The Social War was a civil war between the Romans and the Italians in the 1st century 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.
Adrian Goldsworthy's
Roman Warfare is an excellent introduction to how the Romans used their soldiers to become a world power. It also covers techniques and the organization of the legions.
A chronology of the Spanish Wars that were fought between 153 and 133 B.C.
The Romans fought the Illyrians in the third century B.C.
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.
The cities of Veii and Rome (in what is modern Italy) were centralized city-states by the fifth century B.C. For political as well as economic reasons, both wanted control of the routes along the valley of the Tiber.
During the three Samnite Wars, the Samnites and Romans fought for control of Italy during the third and fourth century B.C.
The Romans won a battle at Lake Regillus in 499 (496) B.C.
Section from Julius Caesar's commentary on the Civil Wars in English translation.
The First Punic War was waged to settle a dispute in Sicily.
Information on the last of the Punic Wars fought between Rome and Carthage.
Table of Battles of the Second Punic War.
The three Mithridatic Wars between Rome and Mithridates king of Pontus had a lasting effect on the Roman political world.
Gallic invasion of Rome in about 390 B.C. was known as the Battle of the Allia.
