battle, ancient

Battle of Jianwei

Name: Battle of Jianwei
Location: Longnan, People's Republic of China

Battle of Jianwei was a battle fought in AD 229 at Longnan, in what is now People's Republic of China. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Longnan. The recorded result: Shu Han victory.

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FoughtAD 229

WhereLongnan, People's Republic of China33.535N, 105.349E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeShu Han victory

BelligerentsCao WeiagainstShu Han

Record

Date	AD 229 (year precision) to AD 229
Place	Longnan, People's Republic of China 33.535N, 105.349E
Kind	Battle, ancient
Territorial change	Wudu and Yinping commanderies captured by Shu
Commanders	Guo Huai	Zhuge Liang Chen Shi (Three Kingdoms)

Placed at Longnan; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Mount Qi AD 231, 43 km W
Battle of Qi Mountains AD 214, 43 km W
Battle of Baxi AD 215, 129 km E
Battle of Jianmenguan date unknown, 130 km S
Siege of Jicheng AD 213, 134 km N

Elsewhere in AD 229

First Mesopotamian campaign of Ardashir I Turkey
Ardashir I's Siege of Hatra Iraq

Battle of Jianwei is one of 97 engagements of the 3rd century in the atlas and one of 448 in present-day China.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871335, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Jianwei, revision 1370444241, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.