The Battle of Oenophyta, fought in 457 BC, sits quietly in the shadow of larger and louder...
Ancient Battles
Ancient battles shaped the rise and fall of empires across the world. From the disciplined phalanxes of Greece and the legions of Rome to the war chariots of China’s Warring States and the archers of the Persian Empire, warfare was both brutal and strategic. In India, texts like the Mahabharata depict vast conflicts blending myth and military reality. African kingdoms such as Kush clashed with Egypt, while in Mesoamerica, Maya city-states waged ritualised war. These battles were fought for power, territory, honour, and survival, long before the medieval era, laying the foundations for military traditions that echoed through centuries.
Sulla’s Brutal Lesson to Mithridates in the Marshes of Boeotia The Battle of Orchomenus, fought in 86...
The Battle of Notium in 406 BC was not the largest clash of the Peloponnesian War, nor...
Cannae is the battle that every military historian eventually circles back to. Fought in 216 BC during...
The Battle of Amurru sits in that frustrating category of ancient warfare where the consequences are clear...
The Battle of Pelusium arrives with the hard edged efficiency of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. It is...
The Battle of Sphacteria in 425 BC sits strangely in the Peloponnesian War in the best possible...
The Battle of Crocus Field was fought around 274 BC in northern Greece, probably in Macedonia, at...
The Battle of Tanis belongs to the final phase of Egypt’s war against the Hyksos rulers of...
The Battle of Avaris marks the violent end of the Hyksos presence in Egypt and the point...