10 Most Decisive Ancient Battles


	10 Most Decisive Ancient Battles
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8-15-2008 11:27 AM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/226dc58c-50d3-4067-8fab-764d1fc64335/3AB849E2-E660-4DB5-91E8-DF69571FEFF8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/" href="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/" style="font-size: 11px;">listverse.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/"><H1 class="art-title2">10 Most Decisive Ancient Battles</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/">This list only includes battles from before the time of Christ.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/"><DIV class="itemheading"><SPAN class="itemnumber">10</SPAN>
<DIV class="itemtitle">Carrhae</DIV>
<DIV class="itemmore">53 BC</DIV>
</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/94090696-4696-4754-9FDD-D805D24252F1" alt="Mainstreet 1" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/">The Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC was a decisive victory for the Parthian Spahbod Surena (try saying that 10 times fast!) over the Roman general Crassus near the town of Carrhae (now the present-day ruins of Harran, Turkey). </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/"><DIV class="itemheading"><SPAN class="itemnumber">9</SPAN>
<DIV class="itemtitle">Pydna</DIV>
<DIV class="itemmore">168 BC</DIV>
</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/BB2F55B3-5D45-4834-AECD-97A3B8CE760F" alt="Pydna" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/">The Battle of Pydna in 168 BC between Rome and the Macedonian Antigonid dynasty</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/"><DIV class="itemheading"><SPAN class="itemnumber">8</SPAN>
<DIV class="itemtitle">Ipsus</DIV>
<DIV class="itemmore">301 BC</DIV>
</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/A33453E2-2A52-4F52-ACE1-9FCB9EF7FB0F" alt="Mosaic" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/">The Battle of Ipsus was fought between some of the Diadochi (the successors of Alexander the Great) </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/"><DIV class="itemheading"><SPAN class="itemnumber">7</SPAN>
<DIV class="itemtitle">Gaugamela</DIV>
<DIV class="itemmore">331 BC</DIV>
</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/27A54FDE-9747-4371-8B7C-2D68350E701D" alt="800Px-The Charge Of The Persian Scythed Chariots At The Battle Of Gaugamela By Andre Castaigne (1898-1899)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/">The Battle of Gaugamela took place in 331 BC between Alexander the Great of Macedonia and Darius III of Achaemenid Persia.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/"><DIV class="itemheading"><SPAN class="itemnumber">6</SPAN>
<DIV class="itemtitle">Marathon</DIV>
<DIV class="itemmore">490 BC</DIV>
</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/E616820E-93C5-449A-9992-470C67E3A77E" alt="Marathon Battle2" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/">was the culmination of King Darius I of Persia’s first full scale attempt to conquer the remainder of Greece and incorporate it into the Persian Empire</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/"><DIV class="itemheading"><SPAN class="itemnumber">5</SPAN>
<DIV class="itemtitle">Cynoscephalae</DIV>
<DIV class="itemmore">197 BC</DIV>
</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/3B8D69EB-A3FE-4420-A9DD-3C2B2301A4E9" alt="Cynoscephalae Hills" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/">between the Roman army</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/">and the Antigonid dynasty of Macedon</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/"><DIV class="itemheading"><SPAN class="itemnumber">4</SPAN>
<DIV class="itemtitle">Actium</DIV>
<DIV class="itemmore">31 BC</DIV>
</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/D90C65CE-DF0B-427A-B12E-721CC3B542EC" alt="Bhc0251" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/"><DIV class="itemheading"><SPAN class="itemnumber">3</SPAN>
<DIV class="itemtitle">Siler River</DIV>
<DIV class="itemmore">73 BC</DIV>
</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/63B6C05E-C542-4915-8306-4AD645E3DECA" alt="Punic-Wars-6" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/"><DIV class="itemheading"><SPAN class="itemnumber">2</SPAN>
<DIV class="itemtitle">Pharsalus</DIV>
<DIV class="itemmore">48 BC</DIV>
</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/ED7A3F2D-4442-4AB5-978B-85745D3F8055" alt="Pharsalusmap" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/"><DIV class="itemheading"><SPAN class="itemnumber">1</SPAN>
<DIV class="itemtitle">Salamis</DIV>
<DIV class="itemmore">480 BC</DIV>
</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/10-most-decisive-ancient-battles/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/954BE520-0D4F-4AAE-B61C-4F520ECA4B3D" alt="0191-0042 Die Seeschlacht Bei Salamis" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3AB849E2-E660-4DB5-91E8-DF69571FEFF8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>