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Cicero launches the first of his Philippicae (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the…
Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus.
Julius Caesar defeats Pharnaces II of Pontus in the battle of Zela.
Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
Caesar, who marched to Spain earlier in the year, leaving Marcus Antonius in charge of Italy, defeats Pompey's general…
Gallic Wars: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and…
Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on…
Third Mithridatic War: The military of the Roman Republic subdues Armenia.
Third Mithridatic War: The military of the Roman Republic subdues Armenia.
The trial against Gaius Verres for corruption is opened, with Marcus Tullius Cicero as prosecutor and renowned orator…
Gaius Verres is found guilty of corruption after his defense lawyer Quintus Hortensius abandons the case as hopeless.
A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new…
Cimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio of the Roman army of the mid-Republic
Cimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio of the Roman army of the mid-Republic
Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat Macedonian King Perseus who surrenders after the battle, en
Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat Macedonian King Perseus who surrenders after the battle, en
Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the…
The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of Cannae.
A Carthaginian force under Hannibal ambushes and defeats a Roman army commanded by Gaius Flaminius in the battle of lake
Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom