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Famous Ancient Battles

Name these important battles between 1500 BC and 500 AD.
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Year
War
Modern-Day Country
Leaders
Answer
1457 BC
Thutmose III's campaign in the Levant
Israel
Thutmose III / King of Kadesh
Battle of Megiddo
1400 BC
Israelite invasion of Canaan
Israel
Joshua / King of Jericho
Battle of Jericho
1274 BC
Syrian campaign of Ramesses II
Syria
Ramesses II / Muwatali II
Battle of Kadesh
663 BC
Assyrian conquest of Egypt
Egypt
Ashurbanipal / Tantamani
Sack of Thebes
612 BC
Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire
Iraq
Nabopolassar / Sinsharishkun
Battle of Nineveh
587 BC
Kingdom of Judah's revolt against Babylon
Israel
Nebuchadnezzar II / Zedekiah
Siege of Jerusalem
539 BC
Persian conquest of Babylon
Iraq
Cyrus the Great / Nabonidus
Battle of Opis
525 BC
Persian conquest of Egypt
Egypt
Cambyses II / Psamtik III
Battle of Pelusium
490 BC
First Persian invasion of Greece
Greece
Darius I - Datis / Unknown
Siege of Eretria
490 BC
First Persian invasion of Greece
Greece
Darius I - Datis / Militades the Younger
Battle of Marathon
480 BC
Second Persian invasion of Greece
Greece
Xerxes I / Leonidas I
Battle of Thermopylae
480 BC
Second Persian invasion of Greece
Greece (Aegean Sea)
Xerxes I / Themistocles
Battle of Artemisium
480 BC
Second Persian invasion of Greece
Greece (Saronic Gulf)
Xerxes I / Themistocles
Battle of Salamis
480 BC
Sicilian Wars (Greco-Punic Wars)
Italy
Hamilcar / Gelon
Battle of Himera
479 BC
Greek counterattack against Persia
Greece
Pausanias / Mardonius
Battle of Plataea
425 BC
Peloponnesian War
Greece
Demosthenes / Brasidas
Battle of Pylos
405 BC
Peloponnesian War
Turkey (Dardanelles)
Lysander / Conon
Battle of Aegospotami
338 BC
Expansion of Macedonia in Greece
Greece
Philip II of Macedon / Chares of Athens
Battle of Chaeronea
334 BC
Macedonian conquest of Persia
Turkey
Alexander the Great / Arsites
Battle of Granicus
333 BC
Macedonian conquest of Persia
Turkey
Alexander the Great / Darius III
Battle of Issos
331 BC
Macedonian conquest of Persia
Iraq
Alexander the Great / Darius III
Battle of Gaugamela
330 BC
Macedonian conquest of Persia
Iran
Alexander the Great / Ariobarszanes
Battle of the Persian Gate
326 BC
Macedonian conquest of India
Pakistan
Alexander the Great / Porus
Battle of Hydaspes
301 BC
Wars of the Diadochi
Turkey
Antigonus I / Seleucus Nicator I
Battle of Ipsus
280 BC
Pyrrhic War
Italy
Pyrrhus / Publius Laevinus
Battle of Heraclea
241 BC
First Punic War
Italy
Gaius Catulus / Hanno
Battle of the Aegates
218 BC
Second Punic War
Italy
Hannibal / Gaius Flaminius
Battle of Lake Trasimene
216 BC
Second Punic War
Italy
Hannibal / Gaius Varro
Battle of Cannae
202 BC
Second Punic War
Tunisia
Scipio Africanus / Hannibal
Battle of Zama
149 BC
Third Punic War
Tunisia
Scipio Africanus the Younger / Hasdrubal
Siege of Carthage
146 BC
Achaean War
Greece
Lucius Mummius / Diaeus
Battle of Corinth
63 BC
Third Mithridatic War
Israel
Pompey the Great / Aristobulus II
Siege of Jerusalem
57 BC
Gallic Wars
France
Julius Caesar / Boduognatus
Battle of the Sabis river
52 BC
Gallic Wars
France
Julius Caesar / Vercingetorix
Battle of Alesia
48 BC
Caesar's civil war
Greece
Julius Caesar / Pompey the Great
Battle of Pharsalus
42 BC
Liberator's civil war
Greece
Mark Antony, Octavian / Brutus, Cassius
Battle of Philippi
31 BC
Civil war between Octavian and Mark Antony
Greece (Ionian sea)
Octavian, Marcus Agrippa / Mark Antony, Cleopatra
Battle of Actium
9 AD
Roman Campaigns in Germania
Germany
Publius Varus / Arminius
Battle of Teutoburg Forest
70 AD
Jewish-Roman War
Israel
Titus / Simon bar Giora
Siege of Jerusalem
208 AD
Wars at the end of the Han dynasty
China
Cao Cao / Liu Bei
Battle of Red Cliffs
312 AD
Civil wars of the Tetrarchy
Italy
Constantine the Great / Maxentius
Battle of the Milvian Bridge
378 AD
Gothic War
Turkey
Fritigern / Valens
Battle of Adrianople
383 AD
Qin dynasty - Jin dynasty civil war
China
Fu Jian / Xie An
Battle of Fei River
394 AD
Eugenius usurpation
Slovenia
Theodosius I / Eugenius
Battle of the Frigidus
410 AD
Visigothic invasion of the Roman Empire
Italy
Alaric I / Honorius
Sack of Rome
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3 Comments
hyoobtoob
+3
Level 69
Sep 9, 2025
Great quiz! Maybe accept "Issus" as a write-in instead of just "Issos" though?
Deuteronomius
+4
Level 69
Sep 9, 2025
Cool, how about a version from 500 till 1500 or so? :D
Schiffi
+2
Level 81
Sep 9, 2025
Thanks, I've actually already made a quiz about medieval battles. It was set to private, but since you're interested, I'll make it public. here is the link: https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/263787/famous-medieval-battles
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