Classical world
BATTLES test
questions and answers
2025
Battle of Heraclea (280)
Pyrrhus wins and the Roman force is nearly totally destroyed
Pyrrhus's army is badly mauled and he loses his veterans here
Pyrrhus raids Italy from the toe to Rome itself
Battle of Asculum (279)
Pyrrhus wins again
Perhaps there was a Devotio of a Roman commander here?
Italian allies abandon Rome and join with Pyrrhus, including the
Samnites.
the Battle of Zama (202)
Second Punic War
Hannibal faces Scipio in Africa and loses.
Battle of Cynoscephalae (197)
Battle of Cynoscephalae (197) sees Rome barely beat Macedon,
"freeing Greece"
Superior initiative-taking by Roman lower officers
Battle of Magnesia (190)
Battle of Magnesia (190) sees Rome lose > 1000 men and kill 50,000
Phalangites
Won by the Rome's allies, really.
Battle of Pydna (168)
Rome obliterates a Macedonian army and destroys Macedon
Manipular system and rough terrain open holes in the phalanx
BATTLES test
questions and answers
2025
Battle of Heraclea (280)
Pyrrhus wins and the Roman force is nearly totally destroyed
Pyrrhus's army is badly mauled and he loses his veterans here
Pyrrhus raids Italy from the toe to Rome itself
Battle of Asculum (279)
Pyrrhus wins again
Perhaps there was a Devotio of a Roman commander here?
Italian allies abandon Rome and join with Pyrrhus, including the
Samnites.
the Battle of Zama (202)
Second Punic War
Hannibal faces Scipio in Africa and loses.
Battle of Cynoscephalae (197)
Battle of Cynoscephalae (197) sees Rome barely beat Macedon,
"freeing Greece"
Superior initiative-taking by Roman lower officers
Battle of Magnesia (190)
Battle of Magnesia (190) sees Rome lose > 1000 men and kill 50,000
Phalangites
Won by the Rome's allies, really.
Battle of Pydna (168)
Rome obliterates a Macedonian army and destroys Macedon
Manipular system and rough terrain open holes in the phalanx
