century, 91 engagements

Battles of the 2nd century BC

91 engagements of the 2nd century BC are placed in the atlas: 65 battles, 22 sieges and 4 naval actions across 22 present-day countries, most in Greece (22), Tunisia (11), Turkey (10). The century's largest wars by placed engagements: Roman–Seleucid War (8), Jugurthine War (8), Maccabean Revolt (7), Second Macedonian War (6).

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

Engagements by decade

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

Wars of the century 14 with pages

Most widely documented engagements

Date	Engagement	Place	War
197 BC	Battle of Cynoscephalae	Thessaly	Second Macedonian War
190 BC	Battle of Magnesia	Manisa	Roman–Seleucid War
22 June 168 BC	Battle of Pydna	Pydna	Third Macedonian War
5 October 105 BC	Battle of Arausio	Arausio	Cimbrian War
149 BC	Siege of Carthage	Carthage	Third Punic War
102 BC	Battle of Aquae Sextiae	Aquae Sextiae	Cimbrian War
101 BC	Battle of Vercellae	Vercelli	Cimbrian War
146 BC	Battle of Corinth	Isthmus of Corinth	Achaean War
191 BC	Battle of Thermopylae	Thermopylae	Roman–Seleucid War
200 BC	Battle of Panium	Banias	Fifth Syrian War
190 BC	Battle of the Eurymedon		Roman–Seleucid War
112 BC	Battle of Noreia	Noreia	Cimbrian War
190 BC	Battle of Myonessus	Myonnesus	Roman–Seleucid War
148 BC	Battle of Pydna	Pydna	Fourth Macedonian War
171 BC	Battle of Callinicus	Larissa	Third Macedonian War
198 BC	Battle of the Aous	Tepelena	Second Macedonian War
107 BC	Battle of Burdigala	Bordeaux	Cimbrian War
April 160 BC	Battle of Elasa	Elasa	Maccabean Revolt
145 BC	Battle of the Oenoparus	Antioch	Seleucid Civil War of 147–137 BCE
108 BC	Battle of the Muthul		Jugurthine War
200 BC	Battle of Cremona	Cremona	Roman–Gallic Wars
134 BC	Siege of Numantia	Numantia	Numantine War
119 BC	Battle of Mobei		Han–Xiongnu Wars
May 162 BC	Battle of Beth Zechariah	Beit Zakariah	Maccabean Revolt
October 164 BC	Battle of Beth Zur	Beth-zur	Maccabean Revolt
110 BC	Battle of Suthul	Numidia	Jugurthine War
129 BC	Battle of Ecbatana	Ecbatana	Seleucid–Parthian Wars
September 191 BC	Battle of Corycus	Corycus (Ionia)	Roman–Seleucid War
June 133 BC	Battle of Mayi	Shuozhou	Han–Xiongnu Wars
September 165 BC	Battle of Emmaus	Emmaus	Maccabean Revolt
March 161 BC	Battle of Adasa	Adasa	Maccabean Revolt
194 BC	Battle of Placentia		Roman–Gallic Wars
193 BC	Battle of Mutina		Roman–Gallic Wars
195 BC	Battle of Gythium	Gytheio	War against Nabis
112 BC	Siege of Cirta	Cirta	Jugurthine War
166 BC	Battle of Beth Horon	Beth Horon	Maccabean Revolt
147 BC	Battle of the Port of Carthage	Gulf of Tunis	Third Punic War
151 BC	Battle of Oroscopa	Tunisia
108 BC	Siege of Thala	Thala	Jugurthine War
27 July 149 BC	Battle of Lake Tunis	Lake of Tunis	Third Punic War
167 BC	Battle of the Ascent of Lebonah	Lebonah	Maccabean Revolt
189 BC	Battle of Mount Olympus	Uludağ	Galatian War
108 BC	Battle of Loulan		Han–Xiongnu Wars
147 BC	Second Battle of Nepheris	Nepheris	Third Punic War
161 BC	Battle of Vijithapura	Vijithapura	Q1284871
146 BC	Battle of Scarpheia	Scarphe	Achaean War
197 BC	Battle of Corinth
106 BC	Second Battle of Cirta	Cirta	Jugurthine War
200 BC	Siege of Abydos		Cretan War of 205-200 BCE
149 BC	First Battle of Nepheris	Nepheris	Third Punic War
198 BC	Siege of Elateia	Elateia
198 BC	Siege of Eretria	Eretria
109 BC	Siege of Zama	Zama Regia	Jugurthine War
191 BC	Siege of Heraclea in Trachis		Q2619223
195 BC	Batlle of Emporion	Empúries	Iberian revolt
195 BC	Battle of Rhode	Ciutadella de Roses	Iberian revolt
195 BC	Battle of Bergium	Berga	Iberian revolt
137 BC	Battle of the Douro		Q107342906
109 BC	Battle of Zama	Zama Regia	Jugurthine War
147 BC	Battle of Tribola		Q1202928
195 BC	Battle of Selasia	Sellasia	War against Nabis
200 BC	Capture of Antipatreia		Second Macedonian War
197 BC	Siege of Leukas	Lefkada	Second Macedonian War
103 BC	Battle of Asophon	Galilee	Campaign of Ptolemy IX Soter in Palestine
106 BC	Siege of the fortress at Muluccha	Muluccha Fortress	Jugurthine War
198 BC	Siege of Corinth	Ancient Corinth	Second Macedonian War
199 BC	Siege of Oreos
168 BC	Siege of Bassania		Q1647381
135 BC	Battle on the Sindhu River	Indus River	Q123602725
155 BC	Siege of the Blastophoenicians	Hispania	Q1202928
153 BC	Battle of the Tagus		Q1202928
168 BC	Siege of Aiginion		Third Macedonian War
169 BC	Battle of Uskana		Third Macedonian War
153 BC	Battle of Segeda		Q30671673
146 BC	Battle of Chaeronea	Chaeronea	Achaean War
121 BC	Battle of Hexi		Han–Xiongnu Wars
169 BC	Siege of Eucratideia	Eucratideia
173 BC	Battle of Carystum
190 BC	Battle of Panhormus	Samos	Roman–Seleucid War
130 BC	Battle of Stratonicea		Q4349928
191 BC	Capture of Pherae		Roman–Seleucid War
190 BC	Capture of Phocaea		Roman–Seleucid War
197 BC	Battle of Alabanda	Alabanda	Second Macedonian War
108 BC	Siege of Samaria		Hasmonean campaigns against the Hellenistic cities
189 BC	Siege of Ambracia	Ambracia	Q2619223
189 BC	Siege of Same	Same	Q2619223
197 BC	Siege of Shekan		Great Revolt of Egypt
190 BC	Capture of Arwad	Arwad	Syrian Wars
138 BC	Siege of Dor		War of the Seleucid Succession 152–137 BCE
149 BC	Battle of Lake Tunis	Lake of Tunis	Third Punic War
185 BC	Battle of the Tagus		Roman conquest of Hispania

The 91 most widely documented engagements of the century are listed; the war pages list every placed engagement by date.