century, 193 engagements

Battles of the 3rd century BC

193 engagements of the 3rd century BC are placed in the atlas: 123 battles, 48 sieges, 18 naval actions and 4 campaigns across 17 present-day countries, most in Italy (90), Greece (34), Spain (18). The century's largest wars by placed engagements: Second Punic War (66), First Punic War (19), Pyrrhic War (11), Mercenary War (7).

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

Engagements by decade

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

Wars of the century 18 with pages

Most widely documented engagements

Date	Engagement	Place	War
2 August 216 BC	Battle of Cannae	Cannae	Second Punic War
19 October 202 BC	Battle of Zama	Zama Regia	Second Punic War
21 June 217 BC	Battle of Lake Trasimene	Lake Trasimeno	Second Punic War
December 218 BC	Battle of the Trebia	Piacenza	Second Punic War
November 218 BC	Battle of Ticinus	Ticino	Second Punic War
256 BC	Battle of Cape Ecnomus	Licata	First Punic War
275 BC	Battle of Beneventum	Benevento	Pyrrhic War
280 BC	Battle of Heraclea	Policoro	Pyrrhic War
241 BC	Battle of the Aegates Islands	Aegadian Islands	First Punic War
260 BC	Battle of Mylae	Milazzo	First Punic War
281 BC	Battle of Corupedium	Lydia	Wars of the Diadochi
22 June 217 BC	Battle of Raphia	Rafah	Fourth Syrian War
279 BC	Battle of Asculum	Ascoli Satriano	Pyrrhic War
207 BC	Battle of the Metaurus	Metauro	Second Punic War
261 BC	Battle of Agrigentum	Agrigento	First Punic War
206 BC	Battle of Ilipa	Ilipa	Second Punic War
May 219 BC	Siege of Saguntum	Saguntum	Barcid conquest of Hispania
249 BC	Battle of Drepana	Trapani	First Punic War
222 BC	Battle of Sellasia	Sellasia	Cleomenean War
295 BC	Battle of Sentinum	Sassoferrato	Third Samnite War
255 BC	Battle of Bagradas	Tunis	First Punic War
208 BC	Battle of Baecula	Santo Tomé	Second Punic War
214 BC	Siege of Syracuse	Syracuse	Second Punic War
225 BC	Battle of Telamon	Talamone	Cisalpine Gaul War
April 262 BC	Battle of Changping	Gaoping	history, heritage and archaeology
260 BC	Battle of the Lipari Islands	Lipari	First Punic War
211 BC	Battle of the Upper Baetis	Guadalquivir	Second Punic War
209 BC	Battle of New Carthage	Qart Hadasht	Second Punic War
264 BC	Battle of Messana	Messina	First Punic War
257 BC	Battle of Tyndaris	Tindari	First Punic War
September 218 BC	Battle of Rhone Crossing	Rhône	Second Punic War
255 BC	Battle of Adys	Uthina	First Punic War
202 BC	Battle of Gaixia		Chu–Han Contention
251 BC	Battle of Panormus	Palermo	First Punic War
210 BC	Battle of Herdonia	Ordona	Second Punic War
209 BC	Battle of Canusium	Canosa di Puglia	Second Punic War
218 BC	Hannibal's crossing of the Alps	Alps	Second Punic War
212 BC	Battle of the Silarus	Sele	Second Punic War
207 BC	Battle of Grumentum	Grumentum	Second Punic War
258 BC	Battle of Sulci	Sulci	First Punic War
217 BC	Battle of Ebro River	Ebro	Second Punic War
216 BC	Battle of Nola	Nola	Second Punic War
210 BC	Battle of Numistro	Numistro	Second Punic War
203 BC	Battle of the Great Plains	Utica	Second Punic War
204 BC	Battle of Crotona	Crotone	Second Punic War
218 BC	Battle of Cissa	Kesse	Second Punic War
215 BC	Battle of Dertosa	Hibera	Second Punic War
201 BC	Battle of Chios	Chios	Cretan War of 205-200 BCE
211 BC	Battle of Capua	Capua	Second Punic War
August 215 BC	Battle of Nola	Nola	Second Punic War
255 BC	Battle of Cos	Kos	Chremonidean War
218 BC	Battle of Lilybaeum	Marsala	Second Punic War
212 BC	Battle of Herdonia	Ordona	Second Punic War
217 BC	Battle of Geronium	Geronium	Second Punic War
283 BC	Battle of Arretium	Arezzo	Roman–Gallic Wars
212 BC	Battle of Capua	Capua	Second Punic War
214 BC	Battle of Nola	Nola	Second Punic War
214 BC	Battle of Beneventum	Benevento	Second Punic War
283 BC	Battle of Lake Vadimo	Lake Vadimo	Roman-Etruscan Wars
250 BC	Siege of Lilybaeum	Lilibaeum	First Punic War
207 BC	Battle of Mantinea	Mantineia	First Macedonian War
203 BC	Battle of Utica	Utica	Second Punic War
238 BC	Battle of the Saw	Djebel Ressas	Mercenary War
222 BC	Battle of Clastidium	Clastidium	Roman–Gallic Wars
246 BC	Battle of Andros	Andros	Third Syrian War
203 BC	Po Valley Raid	Insubria	Second Punic War
217 BC	Battle of Ager Falernus	Campania	Second Punic War
215 BC	Battle of Cornus	Cuglieri	Second Punic War
295 BC	Battle of Camerinum	Camerino	Third Samnite War
278 BC	Siege of Syracuse	Syracuse	Pyrrhic War
293 BC	Battle of Aquilonia	Aquilonia	Third Samnite War
March 212 BC	Battle of Tarentum	Taranto	Second Punic War
240 BC	Battle of the Bagradas River	Medjerda River	Mercenary War
240 BC	Battle of Utica	Utica	Mercenary War
201 BC	Battle of Lade	Miletus	Cretan War of 205-200 BCE
293 BC	Battle of Yique	Longmen Grottoes
203 BC	Battle of Cirta	Cirta	Second Punic War
209 BC	Battle of Tarentum	Taranto	Second Punic War
208 BC	Battle of the Arius	Hari River	Seleucid–Parthian Wars
207 BC	Battle of Julu	Pingxiang County	Chu–Han Contention
279 BC	Battle of Thermopylae 279 BCE	Thermopylae	Wars of the Diadochi
272 BC	Siege of Sparta	Sparta	Antigonus II Gonatas' struggle for the Macedonian throne
255 BC	Siege of Aspis	Kelibia	First Punic War
212 BC	Battle of Beneventum	Benevento	Second Punic War
October 238 BC	Siege of Tunis	Tunis	Mercenary War
225 BC	Battle of Faesulae	Fiesole	Roman–Gallic Wars
276 BC	Siege of Lilybaeum	Lilibaeum	Pyrrhic War
228 BC	Battle of Paxos	Paxos	Greco-Ardiaean War
277 BC	Battle of Lysimachia	Lysimachia	Celtic settlement of Southeast Europe
209 BC	First Battle of Lamia	Lamia	First Macedonian War
282 BC	Battle of Populonia	Populonia
297 BC	Battle of Tifernum	Città di Castello	Third Samnite War
216 BC	Battle of Silva Litana	Emilia-Romagna	Second Punic War
276 BC	Battle of the Strait of Messina	Strait of Messina	Pyrrhic War
249 BC	Siege of Drepana	Trapani	First Punic War
239 BC	Battle of Ancyra	Ankara	War of the Brothers
June 231 BC	Siege of Medion	Medion	Demetrius War
209 BC	Second Battle of Lamia	Lamia	First Macedonian War
204 BC	Battle of Wei River	Weifang	Chu–Han Contention
228 BC	Battle of Helike	Elche de la Sierra	Barcid conquest of Hispania
275 BC	Elephant Battle	Asia Minor
277 BC	Siege of Eryx	Eryx	Pyrrhic War
249 BC	Battle of Mount Erice	Sicily	First Punic War
226 BC	Battle of Dyme	Dyme	Cleomenean War
277 BC	Battle of the Cranita hills	Samnium	Pyrrhic War
218 BC	Capture of Malta	Malta	Second Punic War
208 BC	Battle of Petelia	Petelia	Second Punic War
230 BC	Battle of Phoenice	Phoenice	First Illyro-Roman War
216 BC	Siege of Casilinum	Casilinum
215 BC	Battle of Cumae	Cumae	Second Punic War
210 BC	Battle of Sapriportis	Palagiano	Second Punic War
206 BC	Battle of Carteia	Carteia	Second Punic War
227 BC	Battle of Mount Lycaeum	Mount Lykaion	Cleomenean War
240 BC	Hamilcar's victory with Naravas	Tunisia	Mercenary War
249 BC	Battle of Phintias
205 BC	Battle of Pengcheng	Xuzhou	Chu–Han Contention
229 BC	Battle of the Harpasus	Caria
274 BC	Battle of the Aoos River	Vjosa
206 BC	Battle of Carteia	Guadalquivir	Second Punic War
204 BC	Siege of Utica	Utica	Second Punic War
272 BC	Pyrrhus' invasion of the Peloponnese	Peloponnese	Antigonus II Gonatas' struggle for the Macedonian throne
238 BC	Battle of Leptis Parva	Leptis Parva	Mercenary War
254 BC	Battle of Palermo	Palermo
235 BC	Battle of Cleonae	Cleonae	Demetrius War
211 BC	Hannibal's raid to Rome	Rome	Second Punic War
216 BC	Siege of Petelia	Petelia	Second Punic War
213 BC	Siege of Arpi	Arpi	Second Punic War
206 BC	Battle of Cartagena	Carthago Nova	Second Punic War
218 BC	Siege of Mutina	Mutina	Second Punic War
217 BC	Hannibal's crossing of the Apennines	Apennines	Second Punic War
217 BC	Battle of Plaisance	Piacenza	Second Punic War
241 BC	Battle of the Caecus River	Bakırçay
August 205 BC	Battle of Anyi
208 BC	Siege of Bactra	Bactres	Seleucid–Parthian Wars
272 BC	Battle of Argos	Argos	Antigonus II Gonatas' struggle for the Macedonian throne
284 BC	Battle of Jimo	Jimo District
300 BC	Campaign of the Chersonese	Thracian Chersonese	Wars of the Diadochi
212 BC	First Battle of Tarentum	Taranto	Second Punic War
279 BC	Siege of Venusia	Venosa	Pyrrhic War
278 BC	Battle of Rhegium	Rhegion	Pyrrhic War
210 BC	Battle of Castulo	Guadalquivir	Second Punic War
230 BC	Siege of Issa	Issa	First Illyro-Roman War
214 BC	Battle of Munda	Munda	Second Punic War
215 BC	Siege of Iliturgi	Illiturgis
216 BC	Siege of Nuceria Alfaterna	Nuceria
206 BC	Battle of Iliturgi	Illiturgis	Second Punic War
210 BC	Siege of Agrigento	Agrigento
212 BC	Second Battle of Beneventum	Benevento	Second Punic War
243 BC	Second Battle of Drepana	Sicily	First Punic War
280 BC	Battle of Thurii	Thurii
292 BC	Siege of Thebes	Thebes	Demetrius I's struggle for the Macedonian throne
212 BC	Battle of Lissus	Lissus	First Macedonian War
277 BC	Battle of Kroton	Crotone	Pyrrhic War
209 BC	Battle of Mount Labus	Alborz	Seleucid–Parthian Wars
279 BC	Battle of Delphi	Delphi	Wars of the Diadochi
221 BC	Battle of Nauplia	Nafplio
227 BC	Siege of Orchomenus	Orchomenus	Cleomenean War
201 BC	Siege of Ocile	Asilah	Lusitanian War
216 BC	Siege of Acerra	Acerra	Second Punic War
280 BC	Death of Ptolemy Ceraunus	Orestis	Celtic settlement of Southeast Europe
204 BC	Roman invasion of Africa	North Africa	Second Punic War
244 BC	The Fighting at Mount Eryx	Monte Erice	First Punic War
239 BC	Siege of Carthage	Carthage	Mercenary War
261 BC	Siege of Mytistraton	Mytistraton	First Punic War
229 BC	Invasions of Epidamnus	Epidamnos	Illyro-Roman Wars
279 BC	Battle of the Teria	Sicily	Greco-Carthaginian War
212 BC	Siege of Capua	ancient Capua	Second Punic War
209 BC	Second Battle of Tarentum	Taranto	Second Punic War
295 BC	Capture of Crotone	Crotone	Campaigns of Agathocles in Italy and the Balkans
207 BC	Battle of Carmona	Carmona	Second Punic War
217 BC	Battle of Leontion	Leontio	Social War of 220-217 BCE
222 BC	Siege of Milan	Mediolanum	Roman conquest of Cisalpine Gaul
278 BC	Siege of Byzance	Byzantium
251 BC	Siege of Byzance	Byzantium
209 BC	Siege of Baria	Baria	Second Punic War
287 BC	Siege of Athens	Athens	Demetrius I's struggle for the Macedonian throne
238 BC	Battle of Aphrodisium	Asia Minor
277 BC	Siege of Cassandreia	Cassandreia	Antigonus II Gonatas' struggle for the Macedonian throne
278 BC	Siege of Troezen	Troezen	Antigonus II Gonatas' struggle for the Macedonian throne
218 BC	Battle of Selge	Selge
218 BC	Battle of Sparta	Sparta	Social War of 220-217 BCE
218 BC	Siege of Pednelissus	Pednelissus
217 BC	Siege of Phthiotic Thebes	Phthiotic Thebes	Social War of 220-217 BCE
220 BC	Battle of Caphyae	Caphyae	Social War of 220-217 BCE
219 BC	Siege of Ambracia	Ambracia	Social War of 220-217 BCE
296 BC	Siege of Athens	Athens	Demetrius I's struggle for the Macedonian throne
210 BC	Siege of Echinus	Achinos	First Macedonian War
218 BC	Siege of Philadelphia	Philadelphia	Fourth Syrian War
298 BC	Battle of Korkyra	Corfu	Wars of the Diadochi
214 BC	Battle of Apollonia	Apollonia	First Macedonian War
263 BC	Battle of Megalopolis	Megalopolis
250 BC	Battle of Mantinea	Mantineia
277 BC	Siege of Eryx	Eryx	Greco-Carthaginian War

The 193 most widely documented engagements of the century are listed; the war pages list every placed engagement by date.