Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Battles that the Romans lost on their way to the top

In 502 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Pometia
In 482 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Antium
In 477 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of the Cremera
In 390 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Allia River
In 321 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of the Caudine Forks
In 316 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Lautulae
In 298 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Camerinum
In 285 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Arretium
In 280 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Heraclea
In 279 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Asculum
In 260 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of the Lipari Islands
In 253 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Tunis
In 250 BCE the Romans lost the Siege of Lilybaeum
In 249 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Drepana
In 225 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Faesulae
In 218 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of the Ticinus and the Battle of the Trebia
In 217 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Lake Trasimine
In 216 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Canae
In 212 BCE the Romans lost the First Battle of Capua, the Battle of Silaris and the Battle of Herdonia
In 211 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of the Upper Baetis
In 210 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Herdonia and the Battle of Numistro
In 209 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Asculum
In 171 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Callicinus
In 147 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of the Port of Carthage
In 112 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Noreia
In 109 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of the Rhone River
In 107 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Burdigala
In 105 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Arausio
In 89 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Fucine Lake
In 73 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Mount Vesuvius
In 72 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Picenum and the Battle of Mutina I
In 71 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Campania
In 53 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Carrhae
In 16 BCE the Romans lost the Battle of Clades Lolliana
In 9 CE the Romans lost the Battle of the Teutonberg Forest
In 60 CE the Romans lost the Battle of Camulodunum
In 62 CE the Romans lost the Battle of Rhandeia
In 66 CE the Romans lost the Battle of Beth Horon
In 87 CE the Romans lost the First Battle of Tapae
In 114 CE the Roman Empire reached its maximum extent.