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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
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