century, 159 engagements

Battles of the 1st century BC

159 engagements of the 1st century BC are placed in the atlas: 106 battles, 32 sieges and 21 naval actions across 23 present-day countries, most in Italy (32), Turkey (29), France (27). The century's largest wars by placed engagements: Gallic War (26), Caesar's Civil War (23), Third Mithridatic War (16), First Mithridatic War (10).

159 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by decade

159 dated engagements, one bar per decade, coloured by era.

Wars of the century 16 with pages

Most widely documented engagements

Date	Engagement	Place	War
2 September 31 BC	Battle of Actium	Ionian Sea	Final War of the Roman Republic
July 52 BC	Battle of Alesia	Alesia	Gallic War
9 June 53 BC	Battle of Carrhae	Harran	Roman–Parthian Wars
6 June 48 BC	Battle of Pharsalus	Farsala	Caesar's Civil War
3 October 42 BC	Battle of Philippi	Philippi	Liberators' Civil War
17 March 45 BC	Battle of Munda	Munda	Caesar's Civil War
6 April 46 BC	Battle of Thapsus	Thapsus	Caesar's Civil War
52 BC	Battle of Gergovia	Gergovie	Gallic War
June 47 BC	Battle of Zela	Zile	Caesar's Civil War
6 October 69 BC	Battle of Tigranocerta	Tigranocerta	Third Mithridatic War
58 BC	Battle of Bibracte	Saône-et-Loire	Gallic War
10 July 48 BC	Battle of Dyrrhachium	Durrës	Caesar's Civil War
57 BC	Battle of the Sabis	Saulzoir	Gallic War
86 BC	Battle of Chaeronea	Chaeronea	First Mithridatic War
57 BC	Battle of the Axona	Aisne	Gallic War
58 BC	Battle of the Arar	Villefranche-sur-Saône	Gallic War
58 BC	Battle of Vosges	Alsace	Gallic War
68 BC	Battle of Artaxata	Artashat	Third Mithridatic War
3 September 36 BC	Battle of Naulochus	Naulochus	Q7970863
63 BC	Siege of Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Hasmonean Civil War
1 November 82 BC	Battle of the Colline Gate	Ancient Rome	list of Roman civil wars and revolts
4 January 46 BC	Battle of Ruspina	Ruspina	Caesar's Civil War
47 BC	Siege of Alexandria	Alexandria	Alexandrian War
47 BC	Battle of the Nile	Nile Delta	Alexandrian War
19 April 49 BC	Siege of Massilia	Massalia	Caesar's Civil War
43 BC	Battle of Forum Gallorum	Castelfranco Emilia	list of Roman civil wars and revolts
86 BC	Battle of Orchomenus	Orchomenus	First Mithridatic War
June 49 BC	Battle of Ilerda	Lleida	Caesar's Civil War
71 BC	Battle of the Silarius River	Sele	Third Servile War
38 BC	Battle of Mount Gindarus	Jandairis	Pompeian–Parthian Invasion of 40 BCE
36 BC	Battle of Zhizhi	Taraz	Han–Xiongnu Wars
56 BC	Battle of Morbihan		Gallic War
October 54 BC	Ambiorix's Revolt	Tongeren	Gallic War
24 August 49 BC	Battle of the Bagradas River	Medjerda River	Caesar's Civil War
57 BC	Battle of Octodurus	Martigny	Gallic War
89 BC	Battle of Asculum	Ausculum Apulum	Social War of 91-87 BCE
52 BC	Battle of Lutetia	Grenelle	Gallic War
April 52 BC	Siege of Avaricum	Avaricum	Gallic War
62 BC	Battle of Pistoria		list of Roman civil wars and revolts
66 BC	Battle of the Lycus	Kelkit Brook	Third Mithridatic War
48 BC	Battle of Nicopolis	Nicopolis	Pontic War
72 BC	Battle of Cabira	Cabira	Third Mithridatic War
September 87 BC	Siege of Athens	Athens	First Mithridatic War
49 BC	Battle of Utica	Utica	Caesar's Civil War
86 BC	Battle of Tenedos	Bozcaada	First Mithridatic War
89 BC	Battle of Fucine Lake	Fucine Lake	Social War of 91-87 BCE
73 BC	Siege of Cyzicus	Cyzicus	Third Mithridatic War
37 BC	Siege of Jerusalem	Jerusalem
74 BC	Battle of Chalcedon	Chalcedon	Third Mithridatic War
89 BC	Battle of the River Amnias	Gökırmak River	First Mithridatic War
63 BC	Battle of Magetobria	Magetobria	Gallic War
36 BC	Battle of Mylae	Mylae	Q7970863
72 BC	Battle of Mount Gargano	Gargano	Third Servile War
67 BC	Battle of Zela	Zile	Third Mithridatic War
31 July 30 BC	Battle of Alexandria	Alexandria	Final War of the Roman Republic
51 BC	Siege of Uxellodunum	Uxellodunum	Gallic War
67 BC	Battle of Korakesion	Alanya	Pompey's campaign against pirates
71 BC	Battle of Cantenna		Third Servile War
39 BC	Battle of Amanus Pass	Belen Pass	Pompeian–Parthian Invasion of 40 BCE
39 BC	Battle of the Cilician Gates	Cilician Gates	Pompeian–Parthian Invasion of 40 BCE
16 BC	Clades Lolliana	Rhine	Germanic Wars
25 BC	Siege of Aracillum	Aracillum	Cantabrian Wars
September 57 BC	Siege of the Atuatuci	Atuatuca Eburonum	Gallic War
November 83 BC	Battle of Mount Tifata		Sulla's First Civil War
April 82 BC	Battle of Sacriporto	Sacriportus	Sulla's Civil War
75 BC	Battle of Sucro	Júcar	Sertorian War
67 BC	Battle of Jushi	Turpan	Han–Xiongnu Wars
88 BC	Battle of Mount Scorobas		First Mithridatic War
89 BC	Battle of Protopachium	Bithynia	First Mithridatic War
82 BC	Battle of Halys	Kızılırmak River	Second Mithridatic War
14 February 49 BC	Siege of Corfinium	Corfinium	Caesar's Civil War
73 BC	Battle of the Rhyndacus	Mustafakemalpaşa River	Third Mithridatic War
July 52 BC	Battle of Vingeanne		Gallic War
88 BC	Siege of Rhodes	Rhodes	First Mithridatic War
80 BC	Battle of the Baetis River	Guadalquivir	Sertorian War
75 BC	Battle of Italica	Italica	Sertorian War
81 BC	Siege of Mytilene	Mytilene
72 BC	Battle near Osca		Sertorian War
51 BC	Siege of Antioch	Antigonia	Roman–Parthian Wars
54 BC	Siege of Namur	Namur	Gallic War
93 BC	Battle of Gadara
September 82 BC	Battle of Faventia	Faenza	Sulla's Civil War
46 BC	Battle of Hippo Regius	Hippo Regius	Caesar's Civil War
73 BC	Battle of Tenedos		Third Mithridatic War
April 45 BC	Battle of Lauro	Lauro	Caesar's Civil War
25 BC	Battle of Vellica	Vellica	Cantabrian Wars
March 82 BC	Battle of the Asio River	Ancient Rome	Sulla's Civil War
June 82 BC	First Battle of Clusium	Clusium	Sulla's Civil War
76 BC	Battle of Lauron	Lauro	Sertorian War
75 BC	Battle of Valentia	Valentia Edetanorum	Sertorian War
54 BC	Battle of the Sambre	Sambre	Gallic War
75 BC	Battle of Saguntum	Sagunto	Sertorian War
90 BC	Battle of the Tolenus River		Social War of 91-87 BCE
48 BC	Battle of Tauris	Šćedro	Caesar's Civil War
April 82 BC	Battle of Sena Gallica	Senigallia	Sulla's Civil War
15 BC	Battle of Lake Constance	Lake Constance
84 BC	Battle of Cana
72 BC	Siege of Amaseia	Amasya	Third Mithridatic War
45 BC	Siege of Apamea	Apamea	Caesar's Civil War
49 BC	Battle of Tauroento	Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer	Q2127400
56 BC	Battle of Vernix	Vernix	Gallic War
58 BC	Battle of Cavillonum	Chalon-sur-Saône	Gallic War
73 BC	Battle of Lemnos	Lemnos	Third Mithridatic War
73 BC	Siege of Amisus	Amisus	Third Mithridatic War
68 BC	Siege of Nisibis	Nusaybin	Third Mithridatic War
87 BC	Battle of Chaeronea	Chaeronea	First Mithridatic War
82 BC	Second Battle of Clusium	Clusium	Sulla's Civil War
September 82 BC	Battle of Fidentia	Fidenza	Sulla's Civil War
46 BC	Battle of Carteia	Carteia	Caesar's Civil War
19 March 45 BC	Siege of Corduba	Corduba	Caesar's Civil War
49 BC	Siege of Curicta
38 BC	Battle of Andagoste	Kuartango	Roman conquest of Hispania
66 BC	Siege of Artaxata	Artaxata
72 BC	Siege of Heraclea	Heraclea Pontica
49 BC	Battle of Marseille	Marseille	Caesar's Civil War
42 BC	Battle of Rhodes	Rhodes	Liberators' Civil War
71 BC	Siege of Sinope	Sinop	Third Mithridatic War
58 BC	Battle of Vesontio		Gallic War
72 BC	Battle of Modena	Modena	Third Servile War
48 BC	Siege of Gomphi	Gomphi	Caesar's invasion of Macedonia
65 BC	Battle of the Abas		Q3650934
36 BC	Battle of Urumia		Q2334699
38 BC	Battle of Cumae	Cumae	Q7970863
36 BC	Battle of Praaspa	Maragheh	Q2334699
41 BC	Battle of Perugia	Perugia	Perusine War
46 BC	Battle of Ascurum	Mauretania	Caesar's Civil War
82 BC	Battle of the Esino		Sulla's Civil War
73 BC	Battle of Neae		Third Mithridatic War
38 BC	Battle of the Strait of Messina	Strait of Messina	Q7970863
36 BC	Battle of Tauromenium	Tauromenium	Q7970863
47 BC	Battle of Tauris		Caesar's Civil War
88 BC	Battle of Delos		First Mithridatic War
57 BC	Siege of Bibrax	Bibrax	Gallic War
90 BC	Siege of Nola	Nola	Sulla's Civil War
71 BC	Battle of Petilia	Calabria	Third Servile War
48 BC	Siege of Oricum	Oricum	Caesar's Civil War
71 BC	Siege of Themiscyra	Themiscyra	Third Mithridatic War
74 BC	Battle of Calgurrus		Sertorian War
52 BC	Battle of Agendicum	Sens
56 BC	Battle against the Aquitanians		Gallic War
48 BC	Siege of Salona	Salona	Caesar's Civil War
65 BC	Battle of the Pelorus	Aragvi River	Q3650934
81 BC	Battle of Utica	Utica	Sulla's Civil War
55 BC	Battle of Pelusium	Pelusium
72 BC	Siege of Byzance	Byzantium
90 BC	Battle of Firmum	Fermo
90 BC	Battle of Taenum	Teano	Social War of 91-87 BCE
43 BC	Battle of Cape Myndus		Liberators' Civil War
42 BC	Battle of the Ionian Sea	Ionian Sea	Liberators' Civil War
53 BC	Battle of the Semois River		Gallic War
40 BC	Battle of Apamea	Apamea	Pompeian–Parthian Invasion of 40 BCE
47 BC	Battle of Castra Iudaeorum		Alexandrian War
52 BC	Battle of Noviodunum		Gallic War
82 BC	Battle of Spoletium		Sulla's First Civil War
52 BC	Battle of the Saône		Gallic War
91 BC	Battle of Shechem	Shechem	Hasmonean campaigns against the Hellenistic cities
95 BC	Siege of Gaza	Gaza City	Hasmonean campaigns against the Hellenistic cities
49 BC	Battle of Krk	Krk	Caesar's Civil War
76 BC	Siege of Carthago Nova	Carthago Nova	Sertorian War

The 159 most widely documented engagements of the century are listed; the war pages list every placed engagement by date.