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King Agis said, “The Lacedaemonians are not wont to ask how many, but where the enemy are.”
War is the father of all and king of all, and some he shows as gods, others as men; some he makes slaves, others free, Heraclitus Battle of Hysiae (or Hysiai), c. 669 BC Sparta defeated by Argos Battle of Irasa, around 571 BC, Greeks from Cyrene led by Battus II victorious against a Libyan-Egyptian Army of Pharaoh Apries Battle near Leucon c. 555/0 BC ? according to Herodotus 7000 hoplites of Arcesilaus II killed by the Libyans Battle at Thyreae , 300 Argives against 300 Spartans Battle of Alalia c. 540/535 BC, Etruscan and Phoenician against Phocaean colony in Corsica The Greek Ionian colonies revolt is supported Athens and Eretria. Darius I, the Persian King and Pharaoh of Egypt, starts an expedition against the Greeks. Battle of Leipsydrion 513/512 BC The Battle of Sepeia 494 BC The Battle of Lade 494 BC The Battle of Miletus 494 BC Siege of Lindos , a forgotten legendary Siege
The Battle of Marathon 490 BC -, Marathon Google Earth Marathon, from The 15 decisive battle of the world, by Edward Creasy Xerxes I ("The leader of Heroes") the son of Darius I, 10 years after his father was defeated in Marathon, starts a new expedition against the Greeks. From the East he attacks central Greece, from the West his allies the Carthagenians and Etruscans attack the Greek colonies in Italy. Aeschylus comments: "Now this is the battle for everything" The Battle of Salamis 480 BC - Salamis Google Earth, The Battle of Himera 480 BC The Battle of Artemisium 480 BC The Battle of Thermopylae 480 BC In the year 479 BC many Persian soldiers are killed by a Tsunami in Potidaea / Chalkidice. The Battle of Mycale 479 BC The Battle of Plataea 479 BC -Region from Space , The Battle of Cumae 474 BC The Battle of the Eurymedon c. 466 BC The Battle of Tanagra 457 BC The Battle of Oenophyta 457 BC The Battle of Salamis / Cyprus 450 BC The Battle of Coronea 447 BC The Battle of Sybota 433 BC The Battle of Potidaea 432 BC
Peloponnesian War, Athens and Allies versus Sparta and Allies 4 April 431 BC - 25 April 404 BC
Hoplite, drawing by Johnny Shumate The Battle of Naupactus 429 BC The Battle of Chalcis 429 BC The Battle of Tanagra 426 BC The Battle of Olpae 426 BC The Battle of Pylos 425 BC The Battle of Sphacteria 425 BC The Battle of Delium 424 BC The Battle of Amphipolis 422 BC The Battle of Mantinea 418 BC The Sicilian Expedition 415 - 413 BC The Battle of Cynossema 411 BC The Battle of Syme 411 BC The Battle of Cyzicus 410 BC The Battle of Arginusae 406 BC
The Battle of Ephesus 406 BC The Battle of Aegospotami 405 BC - great loss of the Athenian navy power in Aegospotami, near the Hellespont in today Turkey, Images Peloponnesian War , Thucydides The History of The Peloponnesian War The Battle of Cunaxa 401 BC, A Persian-Persian battle with Greek mercenaries among which Xenophon, the author of The Anabasis.
The Battle of Elleporus 389 BC The Battle of Tegyra 385 BC The Battle of Naxos 376 BC The Battle of Leuctra 371 BC in central Greece The Battle of Mantinea 362 BC The Battle of Tamynae 349 BC
According to an analysis the 60000 men of Alexander's army required each single day around 300000 pounds water, 200000 pounds of grain. More than 350000 pounds of other material was necessary for the transport animals.
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The Battle of the Crimissus 340 BC The Battle of Chaeronea 338 BC - The Battle of the Granicus River, 334 BC - a battle in northwest Turkey, The Battle of Issus 333 BC, a battle close to the today Syrian-Turkey border Issus
Siege of Tyre, 332 BC Battle of Megalopolis 331 BC , revolt of Sparta The Battle of Gaugamela 331 BC, a battle between the forces of the Persian King Dareius III and Alexander the Great in a place today in Irak. The Battle is also known as Battle of Arbela. "Alexander deserves the glory which he has enjoyed for so many centuries and among all nations; but what if he had been beaten at Arbela having the Euphrates, the Tigris, and the deserts in his rear, without any strong places of refuge, nine hundred leagues from Macedonia?"--NAPOLEON. Arbela, from The 15 decisive battle of the world, by Edward Creasy The Battle of Pandosia 331 BC The Battle of the Hydaspes River, 326 BC, a battle in the northwest India.
Hypaspist , drawing by Johnny Shumate Wars of Alexander's Diadochoi The Battle of Crannon 322 BC The Battle of Paraitacene 317 BC The Battle of Gabiene 316 BC The Battle of Gaza 312 BC The Battle of Salamis 306 BC The Battle of Ipsus 301 BC The Battle of Corupedium 281 BC The Battle of Heraclea 280 BC The Battle of Cos 258 BC Battle of Sellasia 222 BC The Battle of Raphia 217 BC Romans versus the Macedonians and Italian Greeks
Iustum est bellum quibus necessarium Pyrrhic Wars The first European to acquire elephants was Alexander, after subduing Porus and the power of the Indians; after his death others of the kings got them but Antigonus more than any; Pyrrhus captured his beasts in the battle with Demetrius. When on this occasion they came in sight the Romans were seized with panic, and did not believe they were animals. For although the use of ivory in arts and crafts all men obviously have known from of old, the actual beasts, before the Macedonians crossed into Asia, nobody had seen at all except the Indians themselves, the Libyans, and their neighbours. This is proved by Homer, who describes the couches and houses of the more prosperous kings as ornamented with ivory, but never mentions the beast; but if he had seen or heard about it he would, in my opinion have been much more likely to speak of it than of the battle between the Dwarf-men and cranes Pausanias One more such victory and I shall be lost!, Pyrrhus of Epirus Battle of Heraclea 280 BC Battle of Asculum 279 BC Battle of Beneventum 275 BC First Macedonian War 215 - 205 BC Battle of Arius (Seleucid - Parthian war) 209 BC Battle of Lamia 209 BC Battle of Mantinea 207 BC Battle of Chios 201 BC Second Macedonian War 200 - 196 BC , The Battle of Cynoscephalae 197 BC Battle of Thermopylae 191 BC Battle of Eurymedon 190 BC Battle of Myonessus 190 BC Battle of Magnesia 190 BC
Third Macedonian War 171 BC - 168 BC, The Battle of Callicinus 171 BC The Battle of Pydna 168 BC Fourth Macedonian War 150 BC - 148 BC
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