List of battles before 601

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[edit] Before 500 BC

Year Name Summary
c. 3000 BCE-1000 BCE Kurukshetra War Semi-mythological battle between Kauravas and the Pandavas for the throne of Hastinapura
c. 2271 BC Battle of Uruk King Sargon of Akkad defeats the Sumerian force led by king Lugal-Zage-Si at Uruk.
unknown Battle at Gibeah Biblical battle
c. 2071 BC Magh Ithe The first recorded (mythological) battle in Ireland according to Geoffrey Keating.
c. 1500 BC Battle of the Ten Kings King Sudas defeats the invading Ten Kings in the Punjab region.
c. 1457 BC Battle of Megiddo Egyptian forces, led by Thutmose III, rout the Canaanite forces under the King of Kadesh.
c. 1274 BC Battle of Qadesh King Muwatallis of the Hittites surprise Ramesses II; the battle ends in a draw.
1269 BC Siege of Dapur Egypt takes Dapur
c. 1184 BC Battle of Troy Troy falls after the ten-year Trojan War.
c. 1100 BC Battle of Mount Gilboa The Israelites fight against the Philistines; King Saul and his son Jonathan die.
1046 BC Battle of Muye Decisive victory of the Zhou Dynasty

against the Shang Dynasty.

925 BC Battle of Bitter Lakes
853 BC Battle of Karkar Assyrian Shalmaneser III faces a military alliance of the king of Damascus and other rulers including Tyre.
707 BC Battle of Ruge King Huan of Zhou defeated by the Zheng general Zhu Dan when King Huan of Zhou launched a campaigned against the Zheng principality.
693 BC Battle of Diyala River
691 BC Battle of Halule
647 BC Battle of Susa
635 BC Fall of Ashdod
632 BC Battle of Chengpu Duke Wen of Jin defeats the Chu commander Ziyu in the biggest battle of the Spring and Autumn Period.
616 BC Battle of Arrapha
614 BC Fall of Assur
612 BC Battle of Nineveh The Medes and Scythians join to sack Nineveh, the capital of Assyria.
609 BC Battle of Megiddo Necho II of Egypt defeats and kills King Josiah of Judah.
608 BC Fall of Harran
605 BC Battle of Carchemish Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon begins reign by defeating Necho II of Egypt.
Battle of Hama
595 BC Battle of Bi Part of the Spring and Autumn Period.
588 BC Battle of An Part of the Spring and Autumn Period.
587 BC Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC) Babylonia takes and destroys Jerusalem.
585 BC Battle of Halys Lydians fight against the Medes.
575 BC Battle of Yanling Part of the Spring and Autumn Period.
552 BC Battle of Media The first battle between the Persians and Medians.
551 BC Battle of the Median Border
Battle of Hyrba
550 BC Battle of the Fetters Battle between Sparta and Arcadia.
Battle of Pasargadae
549 BC Siege of Ecbatana
547 BC Battle of Pteria Croesus and Cyrus the Great fight to a draw.
546 BC Battle of Thymbra Croesus of Lydia is defeated by Cyrus the Great of Persia.
Siege of Sardis (546 BC) Anatolia officially annexed by Persia.
545 BC Battle of The 300 Champions The Spartans defeat the Argives in a battle of 300 chosen champions. Only 3 survive.
540 BC Battle of Alalia Carthaginian and Etruscan fleets defeat Phocaeans.
539 BC-538 BC Battle of Opis Cyrus the Great defeats Nabonidus (or Belshazzar).
525 BC Battle of Pelusium (525 BC) Egypt almost annexed by Persia.
506 BC Battle of Bai ju Forces of Wu under Sun Tzu, defeat the forces of Chu.

[edit] 5th century BC

Year Name Summary
499 BC Siege of Naxos Battle between the Persians under Megabates and the Greek inhabitants of Naxos.
498 BC Siege of Sardis Battle between the people of Sardis and an alliance of Greeks from Ionia, Athens, and Eretria.
Battle of Ephesus Persian victory during the Ionian Revolt.
496 BC Battle of Lake Regillus Romans defeat either the Etruscans or the Latins.
494 BC Battle of Lade Persians defeat participants of the Ionian Revolt.
Battle of Sepeia
490 BC Battle of Marathon Athens under Miltiades defeats the Persian expedition of Darius I of Persia and Artaphernes.
Siege of Eretria [1] The Persians under Datis and Artaphernes defeat the Eretrians.
480 BC Battle of Thermopylae Persians under Xerxes defeat the Spartans under King Leonidas.
Battle of Artemisium Persian fleet fights an inconclusive battle with the Greek allied fleet.
Battle of Salamis Greek ships under Themistocles and Eurybiades of Sparta defeat Persian fleet in the Bay of Eleusis.
Battle of Himera The Greeks of Sicily, led by Gelo of Syracuse, defeat the Carthaginians under Hamilcar.
479 BC Battle of Plataea Ends the Persian invasion of Greece; Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army, routs the armies of Mardonius.
Battle of Mycale Greeks under Leotychidas sail to Asia Minor, attack the Persian fleet, and defeat then 60,000 Persian troops.
478 BC Siege of Byzantium (478 BC) Byzantium lost by Persians.
477 BC Battle of the Cremera
475 BC Siege of Eion
474 BC Battle of Cumae The Syracusans under Hiero I defeat the Etruscans and end Etruscan expansion in southern Italy.
466 BC Battle of the Eurymedon Athenians under Cimon defeat the Persians in a great naval battle.
458 BC Battle of Mons Algidus Romans under Cincinnatus defeat the Aequi.
457 BC Battle of Tanagra The Spartans defeat the Athenians near Thebes, Greece.
Battle of Oenophyta The Athenians defeat the Thebans and take control of Boeotia.
454 BC Siege of Prosoptis Persia re-establishes control over Egypt.
453 BC Battle of Jinyang Decisive battle leading to the partition of the state of Jin into three smaller states of Zhao, Han and Wei which became among three of the seven warring states in China.
450 BC Siege of Citium Persia maintains control over Cyprus.
Battle of Salamis Athenians under Cimon defeat the Persian fleet at Cyprus.
447 BC Battle of Coronea The Athenians are driven from Boeotia.
446 BC Battle of Corbione Roman General Titus gains a victory over the Aequi tribes.
435 BC Capture of Fidenae Romans defeat the Veii.
433 BC Battle of Sybota Athenians and Corcyreans fight the Corinthians.
432 BC Battle of Potidaea Athens defeats Sparta, leading to the Peloponnesian War.
429 BC Battle of Chalcis Chalcidians and their allies defeat Athens.
Battle of Rhium Naval defeat of the Peloponnesians by Athens.
Battle of Naupactus Phormio defeats the Peloponnesian fleet.
427 BC Battle of Mytilene Athens ends Mytilenian revolt.
Battle of Plataea Sparta besieges and destroys Plataea.
426 BC Battle of Tanagra Athenians under Nicias defeat Tanagra and Thebes.
Battle of Olpae Athenians under Demosthenes defeat the Spartans in Aetolia.
Battle of Idomene
425 BC Battle of Pylos Athenians under Demosthenes again defeat the Spartans, this time capturing a Spartan fleet and leaving a Spartan contingent isolated on the island of Sphacteria.
Battle of Sphacteria Demosthenes and Cleon capture the Spartans on Sphacteria.
424 BC Battle of Megara Athens encounters defeat at Megara.
Battle of Delium Another Athenian invasion of Boeotia is unsuccessful.
422 BC Battle of Amphipolis The Spartans under Brasidas defeat the Athenians under Cleon; both generals die.
418 BC Battle of Mantinea The Spartans under King Agis II defeat the Argives, Mantineans, and Athenians.
415 BC Battle of Melos Athens invades Melos.
413 BC Battle of Syracuse The Athenian expedition in Sicily, under Nicias and Demosthenes, encounters annihilation.
411 BC Battle of Eretria Spartans defeat the Athenian fleet.
Battle of Syme Spartans defeat Athenian fleet; Persia is drawn into the Peloponnesian War.
Battle of Cynossema The Athenians under Alcibiades defeat the Spartan fleet.
410 BC Battle of Cyzicus The Athenian fleet, under the leadership of Alcibiades, destroys the Spartan fleet.
Battle of Abydos Athenian navy defeats Spartan fleet.
409 BC Battle of Selinus Dorian Greek city Selinus destroyed.
Battle of Himera (409 BC) Ionian Greek city Himera destroyed.
406 BC Battle of Notium The Spartans under Lysander defeat a segment of the Athenian fleet.
Battle of Mytilene Sparta defeats Athens.
Battle of Arginusae The final Athenian victory of the Peloponnesian War.
Siege of Akragas (406 BC) Dorian Greek city Akragas sacked.
405 BC Battle of Gela (405 BC) Dorian Greek city Gela sacked.
404 BC Battle of Aegospotami The final battle in the Peloponnesian War; Lysander destroys the navy of Athens led by Conon.
404 or 403 BC Battle of Phyle
Battle of Munychia
403 BC Battle of Piraeus
401 BC Battle of Cunaxa Artaxerxes II of Persia defeats the forces of Cyrus the Younger.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Also known as the Siege of Naxos (490 BC).