Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Caesar's Military Career


Julius Caesar was a great military expert. He had many great victories. HIs legions were always greatly disciplined and trained, These are all the battles that Caesar has fought.

Roman battles fought by Caesar:

58 BC:
June – Battle of the Arar (Saone): Caesar engages and defeats the Helvetii
July – Battle of Bibracte: Caesar engages and defeats the Helvetii

57 BC:
Battle of the Axona (Aisne): Caesar engages and defeats the Belgae
Battle of the Sabis (Sambre): Caesar defeats the Nervii.

52 BC:
Avaricum: Caesar takes this city by siege and then allows his soldiers to massacre its 40,000 inhabitants
Battle of Alesia: Caesar lays siege to Alesia and is simultaneously lain under siege by the Gallic leader Vercingetorix; Caesar defeats Vercingetorix

51 BC
Battle of Uxellodunum: Caesar lays siege to Uxellodunum, the last Gallic outpost in open revolt. Caesar defeats these last rebels, and then proceeds to cut off the hands of all those who survived the siege, and scatter them throughout Gaul.

48 BC:
July 10 – Battle of Dyrrhachium: Caesar lays siege to Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great) at Dyrrhachium and withdraws before his forces can be decisively beaten
August 9 – Battle of Pharsalus: Caesar engages and defeats Pompey

47 BC:
February – Battle of the Nile: Caesar engages and defeats King Ptolemy XIII of Alexandria and Egypt
May – Battle of Zela: Caesar engages and defeats King Pharnaces II of Pontus ("I came, I saw, I conquered")

46 BC, February – Battle of Thapsus: defeats the Pompeian army of Metellus Scipio in North Africa.

45 BC March 17 – Battle of Munda: defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Gnaeus Pompeius

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