Page 15 - (DK) Smithsinian - Military History: The Definitive Visual Guide to the Objects of Warfare

Alexander the Great of Macedonia
defeats the Persian empire in battles
Roman general Julius Caesar
Hannibal leads an army across
The defeat of Carthage by
Rome, at the Battle of Zama,
Shapur I defeats and captures
Persian Sassanid Emperor
at Granicus, near Troy, Issus, in
Carthaginian commander
Rome defeats Carthage
Anatolia, and Gaugamela, in Persia
construction of Hadrian’s
defeats the Gauls under
The Huns, horsemen
333–31BCE 264–41BCE 218BCE the Alps to attack Rome 202BCE ends the Second Punic War 52BCE Vercingetorix, at the Siege of Alesia The Romans begin the 260CE Roman Emperor Valerian at 451–52CE
in the First Punic war
from central Asia,
122CE
Edessa, Mesopotamia
invade western
Wall, in Britain
Europe
31BCE
c.310BCE
c.210BCE
107BCE
208CE
378CE
Augustus, defeats Mark Antony
The Marian reforms create
Chandragupta Maurya creates an The construction of the The Terracotta Army is professional Roman legions, armed Octavian, the future Roman Emperor In China, the Battle of Red defeated by the Goths at the The fall of the western 500ce
Roman Emperor Valens is
476CE
c.220BCE
empire in northern India with
made for the Chinese
Cliffs, on the Yangtze River,
and Cleopatra, at the Battle of
Actium, off the Greek coast
an army using war elephants
with sword, javelin, and shield
Emperor Qin Shi Huang
first Great Wall of China
ends the Han dynasty
Battle of Adrianople, in Thrace
Roman Empire
HOPLITES—C.500BCE THE TERRACOTTA ARMY—C.200BCE THE SIEGE OF MASADA—73CE