Transcript Famous Battles

Famous Battles
By Tom McDonald
Battle of the Allia
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The Battle of the Allia
took place on July 18,
387 B.C. on a tributary of
the Tiber River called the
Allia
The Romans lost this
battle to the Celts
because they were outnumbered by about
70,000 to 40,000
Battle of Pharsalus
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The Battle of
Pharsalus was fought
on June 6, 48 B.C.
between Caesar and
Pompey
Caesar had half the
troops Pompey did
but still won the
battle, only losing
about 250 men.
Battle of Cannae
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The Battle of Cannae
happened in 216 B.C.
during the second Punic
War.
Even though the Romans
had the Carthaginians
outnumbered they still
lost this battle, losing
about 60,000 troops.
Battle of Zama
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The Battle of Zama took
place in 202 B.C.
between the Romans and
the Carthaginians.
It was this battle when
Hannibal tried to use
elephants to confuse the
Romans, but it didn’t
work and Carthage lost
the battle and eventually
the war.
Battle of Massilia
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In 49 B.C. Caesar,
with Trebonius as his
second-in-command,
captured Massilia, a
city in Gaul that had
allied itself with
Pompey .
Battle of Cynoscephalae
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After the second Punic
war was over the Romans
didn’t have any major
enemies so they invaded
Greece to protect them
from Macedon.
The Romans and the
Macedonians met at
Cynoscephalae
The Romans won this
battle.
Battle of Actium
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The battle of Actium
was a naval between
Augustus Caesar and
Marc Antony.
Caesar’s ships were
smaller, lighter and
faster which led to
him winning the
battle.
Bibliography
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http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/romeb
attles
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/a07699
41.html
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics
/classics/students/dave/ROMAN/battles.ht
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