Rome Timeline Project

By Big O
  • Battle of the Allia
    390 BCE

    Battle of the Allia

    -390 BC
    -Group of mercenaries was allied with Dionysus 1st
    -Romans didn’t expect a good fight
    -Romans had to retreat due to the enemies fighting style
    -The siege went on for seven months
  • Battle of Heraclea
    280 BCE

    Battle of Heraclea

    -280 BC Siris river ran between the two armies
    -Roman got scared of the elephants because they have never seen them Romans crossed the river to fight
  • Battle at the Harzhorn
    235 BCE

    Battle at the Harzhorn

    -Roman troops came from the North and happened in Germany
    -The Germans had artillery
  • Battle of Cannae
    216 BCE

    Battle of Cannae

    -216 BC
    -Hannibal’s army camped along a river called Aufidus
    -Rome’s army had 80,000 men
    -Hannibal had 50,000
    -August 2nd
  • Battle of Upper Baetis
    211 BCE

    Battle of Upper Baetis

    -Resulted in Battle of Castulo and Battle of Iloca
    -Rome had 40,000 casualties
  • Battle of Zama
    202 BCE

    Battle of Zama

    -In the year of 202 BC
    -Would be the deciding battle of the world’s two greatest powers
    -Hannibal’s army had elephants that charged into their cavalry in battle
    -Rome won the battle
    -October 19th
  • Battle of Cynoscephalae
    197 BCE

    Battle of Cynoscephalae

    -Happened 197 BC
    -Flaminus was put in charge with 26,000 men
    -The battle ended with Rome getting victory
    -Flaminus ordered the enemies pay him 1,000 talents and make the -enemy's army smaller
    -Thessaly Greece
  • Battle of Thermopylae
    191 BCE

    Battle of Thermopylae

    -191 BC first major battle of the Roman-Seleucid War
    -Asia was there only friends
  • Battle of Magnesia
    190 BCE

    Battle of Magnesia

    -Happened 190 BC
    -Battle against the Seleucid army
    -Rome had 70,000 men
    -Scipio had 30,000 men
    -Near Lynia
  • Battle of Pydna
    168 BCE

    Battle of Pydna

    -20,000 Macedonians died and only 100 Romans died
    - Rome won this battle
  • Battle of Corinth
    146 BCE

    Battle of Corinth

    -Fought between Roman Republic and Greek city-state
    -Woman and children sold into slavery and men were put to the sword
  • Battle of the Sabis
    57 BCE

    Battle of the Sabis

    -57 BC
    -Roman military had adapted to the new fighting style of Marian Reforms
    -Rome was escorting a baggage train
  • Battle of Alesia
    52 BCE

    Battle of Alesia

    -52 BC and Gaul had 60,000 men to defend the hill
    -Gauls launched constant attacks on work crews trying to build a wall around the hill
  • Battle of Philippi
    42 BCE

    Battle of Philippi

    -Battle between Mark Antony and Julius Cesar and happened in 42 BC
    -Mark tried to cut the enemies supply line
  • Battle of Actium
    31 BCE

    Battle of Actium

    -Off the western coast of Greece and happened 31 BC
    -Octavian declared war on Cleopatra and Cleopatra broke away with 60 ships
  • Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
    9

    Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

    -Germans destroyed the Romans and happened at Kalkriese
    -Happened 9 AC
  • Battle of Watling Street
    61

    Battle of Watling Street

    -Romans and Icenti met at a field near a road called Watling Street
    -The Briton’s had no armor or protection
    -Icenti had 100,000 men
  • Siege of Jerusalem
    70

    Siege of Jerusalem

    -70 AC Roman army blockade
    -Rome general Pompey captured Jerusalem and massacred the population
  • Battle of Lake Benacus
    269

    Battle of Lake Benacus

    -269 AD fought on the banks of Lake Garda
    -Romans under the command of Claudius the 2nd
    Rome victory
  • Siege of Rome
    537

    Siege of Rome

    -Lasted March 2nd 537 through March 12th 538 and location is Rome
    -Belisarius destroyed the town’s freshwater source