"Top Decisive Ancient Battles in the History" Topic

"War was fought for several reasons throughout history. Blood was spattered, kingdoms were destroyed, and people were slaughtered. Some battles played a significant role in history and are memorable. Some battles created new legends that were appreciated for many generations. Some of the efficient military tactics that originated on the ancient battlefields are still followed today. Ancient military commanders like Alexander the Great, Hannibal proved with their brilliant strategies that nothing was impossible on the battlefield…."
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The article/blog is not very helpful. For one thing, the author doesn't define what is a decisive battle. Are we talking about a battle that changes the course of history? In that case Zama is a decisive battle and Cannae is not. Kadesh is not a decisive battle in any understanding and certainly not strategically. Battle of the Metaurus is an important Roman victory in the Punic Wars but I don't think it rises to being a decisive battle. Had the Romans lost the battle they would have likely hunkered down as they had in the past. The Servile War doesn't even qualify as a battle so I don't know what it is doing in the list. Carrahae changed nothing between Parthia and Rome. Even had Crassus been successful later victories by Trajan showed that holding Mesopotamia was beyond Rome's strategic resources. Overall, not an impressive list.

Serious editing/proofreading problems with that article.

nearly every battle listed has some error in who the combatants were, army sizes, lack of details, etc.

Nice to see some Asian battles in the list though.