Decisive Battles

[Flavivs Aetivs]

We've seen the "Ten Great Generals" debate time and time again. Why not focus on the conflicts themselves? A list of decisive battles would make much more sense anyways.

Instead of Ranking the "Ten most decisive", I think it's best to go by centuries, starting with the end of the bronze age (12th century BC) and ending with what is often considered the end of the Classical Era in the 7th century AD.

I have started with some suggestions and are looking for you guys to fill the list in.

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9. Battle of Qarqar (853 BC) - A large Coalition stopped Assyrian Expansion into the levant
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5. Platea (479 BC) - Prevented Persian Invasion of Europe
- Battle of Lake Regulus (499 BC)?
4. Battle of Guagamela (331 BC) - Allowed for Hellenization of the Eastern Mediterranean
3. Battle of Zama (202 BC) - Ended the 2nd Punic War and secured Roman Domination of the West Mediterranean
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1. Battle of the Lycus? (66 BC) - The End of Hellenic Powers through the defeat of Mithridates
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- Battle of Phillipi (42 BC)?
- Battle of Carrhae (53 BC)?
- Siege of Alesia (52 BC)?
1. First/Second Battle of Bedriacum (69 AD) - Beginning of the so-called "Pax Romana"
- Battle of the Teutoberger Wald (9 AD)?
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3. Battle of Hormozdgan, (224 AD) - The Rise of the Sassanid Empire
4. Battle of Adrianople (378 AD) - The Romans could no longer assimilate federates from this point on
- Battle of Milvian Bridge (312 AD)?
- Battle of Chrysopholis (324 AD)?
- Battle of Mursa (353 AD)?
5. Sack of Carthage (439 AD) - The Fatal Blow to the Western Roman Empire
- Battle of the River Neado (454 AD)?
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7. Battle of Yarmouk (636 AD) - Ended the Classical Era with the defeat of the Roman Army