Ancient World to 1000 Military History Timeline

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1450s BC

• May 9?, 1457 BC - Egypt: Thutmose III wins the Battle of Megiddo

1270s BC

• 1275 BC - Egyptian-Hittite Wars: Egypt and the Hittite Empire fight the Battle of Kadesh

850s BC

• 853 BC - Assyrian Conquests: The Assyrians are halted at the Battle of Carcar by an alliance of 12 Kings

700s BC

• 701 BC - Judaean Revolt: Assyrians beaten at the Battle of Elteka by the Judaeans and Egyptians

670s BC

• 674 BC Assyrian Conquests: The Assyrian invasion of Egypt is turned back

660s BC

• 669 BC - Greece: Sparta is beaten by Argos at the Battle of Hysiae

610s BC

• 610 BC - Egypt: The Egyptians defeat Judah at the Battle of Megiddo

600s BC

• 605 BC - Egyptian-Babylonian Wars: Egypt and Assyria are beaten by the Babylonians at the Battle of Carchemish

530 BC

• 535 BC - Greece: The Phocaeans are expelled from Corsica after the Battle of Alalia

525 BC

• 525 BC - Egypt: Egypt is defeated and added to the Persian Empire after the Battle of Pelusium

490s BC

• 494 BC - Persian Wars: An Ionian fleet is crushed by the Persians at the Battle of Lade

• August/September 490 BC - Persian Wars: A Greek army stuns the Persians at the Battle of Marathon

480s BC

• 480 BC - Sicilian Wars: Syracuse and Agrigentum defeat Carthage at the Battle of Himera

• August/September 480 BC - Persian Wars: Persian forces are held before overwhelming the Greeks at the Battle of Thermopylae

• September 480 BC - Persian Wars: The Greek fleet wins a stunning victory over the Persians at the Battle of Salamis

470s BC

• August 479 BC - Persian Wars: The Greeks win the Battle of Plataea and go on the offensive against the Persians

• August 479 BC - Persian Wars: Greek forces triumph at the Battle of Mycale in Ionia

460s BC

• 467 BC - Persian Wars: Greek naval forces and marines win the Battle of the Eurymedon

420s BC

• 424 BC - Peloponnesian War: Athens wins a naval victory over Sparta at the Battle of Pylos

• 424 BC - Peloponnesian War: Athens is beaten by the Boeotians at the Battle of Delium

• 422 BC - Peloponnesian War: Brasidas wins the Battle of Amphipolis for Sparta

• 421 BC - Peloponnesian War: Following the Battle of Niceas, Athens commands the sea, while Sparta dominates on land

410s BC

• 418 BC - Peloponnesian War: Sparta defeats Athens, Argos, and their allies at the Battle of Mantinea

• 410 BC - Peloponnesian War: Athenian naval supremacy is regained after the Battle of Cyzicus

400s

• 406 BC - Peloponnesian War: Athens wins the naval Battle of Arginusae near Lesbos

• 405 BC - Peloponnesian War: A Spartan fleet under Lysander destroys the Athenian fleet at the Battle of Aegospotami

• 404 BC - Peloponnesian War: Sparta besieges and captures Athens

390s BC

• 395 BC - Corinthian War: Lysander is killed and Sparta defeated at the Battle of Haliartus

• July 18, 390 BC - Roman Republic: Brennus defeats the Romans at the Battle of the Allia

350s BC

• 352 BC - Third Sacred War: Philip II of Macedon wins the Battle of Crocus Field over Athens and Phocis

340s BC

• 343-341 BC - Roman Republic: Rome fights the First Samnite War

• 340 BC - Sicilian Wars: Carthaginian forces are beaten by Syracuse at the Battle of the Crimissus

330s BC

• August 2, 338 BC - Wars of Alexander the Great: Macedonia defeats the Greeks at the Battle of Chaeronea

• May 334 BC - Wars of Alexander the Great: Alexander defeats the Persians at the Battle of the Granicus in Asia Minor

• November 333 BC - Wars of Alexander the Great: Macedonian troops win a decisive victory over Darius III at the Battle of Issus

• 332 BC - Wars of Alexander the Great: Alexander captures Tyre and conquers Egypt

• October 1, 331 BC - Wars of Alexander the Great: The Persian Empire falls after Alexander wins the Battle of Gaugamela

320s BC

• 327-304 BC - Roman Republic: Rome fights the Second Samnite War

• May 326 BC - Wars of Alexander the Great: Alexander wins a costly victory at the Battle of the Hydaspes

• 322 BC - Lamian War: Antipater defeats a Greek confederacy at the Battle of Crannon

310s BC

• 312 BC - Third War of the Diadochi: Ptolemy I wins the Battle of Gaza

300s BC

• 301 BC - Wars of the Diadochi: The Macedonians triumph at the Battle of Ipsus

290s BC

• 298-290 BC - Roman Republic: Rome fights the Third Samnite War

280s BC

• 283 BC - Roman-Gaulish Wars: Rome wins the Battle of Lake Vadimo over the Etruscans and Gauls

• 282 BC - Roman-Etruscan Wars: Rome defeats the Etruscans at the Battle of Populonia ending their influence

• 281 BC - Wars of the Diadochi: The Seleucids crush the Macedonians at the Battle of Corupedium

• July 280 - Pyrrhic War: Roman troops are beaten by Pyrrhus of Epirus at the Battle of Heraclea

270s BC

• 279 BC - Pyrrhic War: Pyrrhus wins the Battle of Asculum over the Romans

• 275 BC - Pyrrhic War: Roman and Epirote forces clash at the Battle of Beneventum

260s BC

• 260 BC - First Punic War: A Roman fleets win the naval Battle of Mylae

250s BC

• 258 BC - Second Syrian War: A Macedonian fleet defeats the forces of Ptolemaic Egypt at the Battle of Cos

• 256 BC - First Punic War: A Roman fleet wins the massive naval Battle of Cape Ecnomus over Carthage

• 255 BC - First Punic War: Romans forces under Marcus Atilius Regulus win the Battle of Adys forcing Carthage to sue for peace

• 251 BC - First Punic War: Carthage is defeated at the Battle of Panormus on Sicily

240s BC

• March 10, 241 BC - First Punic War: A Roman fleet wins the Battle of the Aegates Islands