Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome

History of Ancient Rome.

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Ancient Rome

Hannibal, was a Punic Carthaginian military commander, in the second Punic war, generally considered one of the greatest military commanders in history. His father, Hamilcar Barca, was the leading ...

Battle of the Trebia

History; Ancient Rome

The Battle of the Trebia was the first major battle of the Second Punic War, fought between the Carthaginian forces of Hannibal and the Roman Republic in December of 218 BC.It was a significant Roman ...

Battle of Carrhae

History; Ancient Rome

The Battle of Carrhae 53BC was an important battle between the Roman Republic and the Parthian Empire and a decisive victory for the Parthians. Crassus, commander of the Roman forces, was a member ...

Battle of Mediolanum

History; Ancient history

The Battle of Mediolanum was a battle between the Alemannic Germans and the Roman legions under the command of Emperor Gallienus near Mediolanum (Milan) in 259 AD. The situation in the Western half ...

Pompey

History; Ancient Rome

Also known as Pompey the Great (Latin name: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus), was a political and military leader in ancient Rome and contemporary and antagonist of Julius Caesar. Rising to glory in the ...

Roman triumph

History; Ancient Rome

In ancient Rome, the Roman triumph (triumphus) was a civil ceremony and religious rite, held in order to publicly celebrate and sanctify the military achievement of an army commander who had won ...

Battle of Cynoscephalae

History; Ancient Rome

The Battle of Cynoscephalae was an encounter during the Second Macadonian War fought in Thessaly in 197 BC between the Roman army, led by Titus Quinctius Flamininus, and the Antigonid dynasty of ...