Collection of facts about the Roman-Persian wars

This post is a collection of facts about the Roman-Persian wars (54 BC - 628 AD). There are 17 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Began with Roman Republic vs. Parthian Empire
• Ended with Byzantine Empire vs. Sasanian Empire
• Rashidun Caliphate eventually conquered Sasanian Empire
• Battle of Carrhae (58 BC)
• Parthian invasion of 40 BC
• Antony's Atropatene campaign (36 BC)
• Roman-Parthian War of 58-63
• Roman Parthian War of 161-166
• Shapur I's first Roman campaign (240-244)
• Perso-Roman Wars of 337-361
• Julian's Persian expedition (363)
• Anastasian War (502-506)
• Iberian War (526-532)
• Lazic War (541-562)
• Byzantine-Sasanian War of 572-591
• Byzantine-Sasanian War of 602-628
• Siege of Constantinople in 626

Sources

Wikipedia: Roman-Persian wars, Antony's Atropatene campaign, Trajan's Parthian campaign, Parthian war of Caracalla, Shapur I's first Roman campaign, Anastasian War, Iberian War, Lazic War

Collection of facts about the Greco-Persian Wars

This post is a collection of facts about the Greco-Persian Wars (499 - 449 BC). There are 12 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Greek city-states vs. Achaemenid Empire
• Aristagoras (tyrant of Miletus) incites the Ionian Revolt (499 - 493 BC)
• Aristagoras with support of Athens and Eretria burned Persian city Sardis
• Persians attack the Ionian Revolt in 494 BC
• Persians invade Greece and subjugate Thrace and Macedon in 494 BC
• Persians invade Greece again and siege Eretria in 490 BC
• Persians defeated at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC
• Xerxes led the second Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BC
• Persian victory at the Battle of Thermopylae and burned Athens in 480 BC
• Greek victory at Battle of Plataea ended Persian invasion in 479 BC
• Persian fleet destroyed at the Battle of Mycale in 479 BC
• Delian League continued to fight Persian garrisons until 449 BC

Collection of facts about the Peloponnesian War

This post is a collection of facts about the Peloponnesian War (431 - 404 BC). There are 9 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Athens (Delian League) vs. Sparta (Peloponnesian League)
• Archidamian War (431 - 421 BC)
• Argive War (419 - 416 BC)
• Sicilian Expedition (415 - 413 BC)
• Achaemenid Empire supported Sparta after 413 BC
• Decelean War (413 - 404 BC)
• Resulted in Spartan victory and hegemony over Greece
• Delian League democracies replaced with oligarchies
• Athens ruled by Thirty Tyrants and later regained independence

Collection of facts about the Crisis of the Third Century

This post is a collection of facts about the Crisis of the Third Century (235 - 284 AD). There are 14 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Crisis in the Roman Empire
• Barbarian invasions, civil wars and rebellions
• Attacks from the Sassanid Empire
• Debasement of the currency and hyperinflation
• Breakdown of trade networks
• Serverus Alexander assassinated in 235 AD
• Year of the Six Emperors: 238 AD
• Plague of Cyprian (249 - 262 AD)
• Valerian captured in 260 AD
• Gallic Empire (Gaul, Britain, Hispania) seceded in 260 AD
• Aegyptus (Syria, Palestine, Aegyptus) seceded in 267 AD
• Aurelian (r. 270 - 275 AD) united the empire
• Aurelian assassinated in 275 AD
• Diocletian ended the civil war in 285 AD

List of Macedonian Wars

This post is a list of Macedonian Wars (214 - 148 BC). There are 5 wars listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• First Macedonian War (214 - 205 BC)
• Second Macedonian War (200 - 196 BC)
• Roman-Seleucid War (192 - 188 BC)
• Third Macedonian War (172 - 168 BC)
• Fourth Macedonian War (150 - 148 BC)

Collection of facts about the Gallic Wars

This post is a collection of facts about the Gallic Wars (58 - 50 BC). There are 7 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Roman Republic vs. Gauls, Germani, Britons, Aquitani
• Began with migration of the Helvetii in 58 BC
• Julius Caesar commanded the Roman army
• Caesar led expedition across the English Channel
• Vercingetorix attempted to united Gallic tribes
• Battle of Alesia in 52 BC led to Roman victory
• Roman Republic annexed Gaul

Collection of facts about the Fall of Constantinople

This post is a collection of facts about the Fall of Constantinople (1453). There are 6 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine Empire
• Marked the end of the Roman Empire
• Attacking Ottoman Army led by Sultan Mehmed II
• Walls of Constantinople overcome by gunpowder and cannons
• 53-day siege and captured on May 29th, 1453
• Constantinople became Ottoman Empire capital