Ancient Campaigns,
Battles and Events

500 B.C. to 499 A.D.

88-82 B.C. – First Civil War: Marius versus Sulla
87-84 B.C. – First Mithridatic War: Sulla versus Mithridates
82-79 B.C. – Second Mithridatic War
74-64 B.C. – Third Mithridatic War
73-72 B.C. – Slave Uprising: Spartacus versus Crassus
58-51 B.C. – Cesar occupies Gaul
58 B.C. – Helvetians are forced to resettle to Switzerland
58 B.C. – Cesar defeats the Suebian ruler Ariovist in the Alsace
57-56 B.C. – Cesar defeats the Nervians in Belgium and the Venetans at the channel coast
55 B.C. – Caesar crosses the Rhine river
55 B.C. – Cesar invades Britain
54 B.C. – Cesar returns to Britain
53 B.C. – Cesar crosses the Rhine for the second time
53 B.C. – Battle of Karrhä: Crassus dies in combat against the Parthians
52 B.C. – Cesar defeats the Gaul Revolt. Vercingetorix surrenders at Alesia.
49-46 B.C. – Second Civil War
48 B.C. – Battle of Pharsalos: Cesar defeats Pompejus
46 B.C. – Battle of Thapsos: Cesar defeats the Pompejans
45 B.C. – Battle of Munda in Spain: Cesar defeats the sons of Pompejus
15. March 44 B.C. – Cesar murdered
42 B.C. – Battle of Philippi: Cassius and Brutus comitt suicide after their defeat at the hands of Antonius and Octavian
40 B.C. – Antonius marries Octavian’s Sister Octavia
36 B.C. – Agrippa captures Sicily, Sardinia and Korsika, thereby defeating the sea power of Sextus Pompejus
36 B.C. – Antonius deserts Octavia in favor of Queen Cleopatra
32-31 B.C. – Third Civil War: Antonius versus Octavian

31 B.C. – 14 A.D. – Cesar Octavianus
20 A.D. – Parthians return the Roman standards captured at the battle of Karrhä.