The Army & Battles

Army Overview
List of Major Battles

The Battle of Cynoscephalae

Had Roman involvement in Illyria and the Macedonian alliance with Carthage in the Second Punic War (right after Cannae!) not made Rome and Macedon the best of friends, then peace …

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The Battle of Zama

The Battle of Zama in the summer of 202 BC marked the end of the power of the great Hannibal Barca. With its greatest son, also Carthage should be at …

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The Battle of Ilipa

The Battle of Ilipa in 206 BC was in my opinon Scipio’s masterpiece. If Rome had ten years earlier been terribly defeated at Cannae by Hannibal, then Scipio had spent …

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The Battle of Cannae

The Battle of Cannae in the summer of 216 BC is a milestone in Roman history. It was Hannibal’s finest hour and forced the Romans to learn a painful lesson. …

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