Classical

3 battles

Battle of Adrianople

378 ADGothic War

Gothic cavalry destroyed a Roman army and killed Emperor Valens. The worst Roman defeat since Cannae...

Siege of Masada

73 ADFirst Jewish-Roman War

The last stand of the Jewish revolt on a mountain fortress above the Dead Sea. Roman siege ramps sti...

Battle of the Catalaunian Plains

451 ADHunnic Invasions

The last great military achievement of the Western Roman Empire. Aetius assembled a coalition includ...