Deadliest Battles in History
Name↕ | Battle↕ | Year↕ | Conflict↕ | Casualties↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Battle of Megiddo | Battle of Megiddo | 1457 BC | Thutmose III's first campaign in the Levant | 16,000+ |
Battle of Kadesh | Battle of Kadesh | 1274 BC | Second Syrian campaign of Ramesses II | 30,000+ |
Battle of Qarqar | Battle of Qarqar | 853 BC | Assyrian conquest of Aram | 24,000+ |
Battle of Thymbra | Battle of Thymbra | 547 BC | Lydian–Persian War | 100,000 |
Battle of Marathon | Battle of Marathon | 490 BC | Greco-Persian Wars | 5,000–8,000 |
Battle of Thermopylae | Battle of Thermopylae | 480 BC | Greco-Persian Wars | 22,500 |
Battle of Plataea | Battle of Plataea | 479 BC | Greco-Persian War | 51,500–257,000 |
Battle of Mycale | Battle of Mycale | 479 BC | Greco-Persian War | 70,000 |
Battle of Leuctra | Battle of Leuctra | 371 BC | Theban–Spartan War | 4,300 |
Battle of Mantinea | Battle of Mantinea | 362 BC | Theban–Spartan War | 18,000 |
Battle of the Granicus | Battle of the Granicus | 334 BC | Wars of Alexander the Great | 7,000 |
Battle of Issus | Battle of Issus | 333 BC | Wars of Alexander the Great | 20,000-40,000 |
Battle of Gaugamela | Battle of Gaugamela | 331 BC | Wars of Alexander the Great | 53,500 |
Battle of the Persian Gate | Battle of the Persian Gate | 330 BC | Wars of Alexander the Great | 48,500 |
Battle of the Hydaspes | Battle of the Hydaspes | 326 BC | Wars of Alexander the Great | 23,310 |
Battle of Sentinum | Battle of Sentinum | 295 BC | Third Samnite War | 33,700 |
Battle of Heraclea | Battle of Heraclea | 280 BC | Pyrrhic War | 11,000–26,000 |
Battle of Asculum | Battle of Asculum | 279 BC | Pyrrhic War | 9,500+ |
Battle of Beneventum | Battle of Beneventum | 275 BC | Pyrrhic War | 20,000 |
Battle of Messana | Battle of Messana | 264 BC | First Punic War | 7,400+ |
Battle of Changping | Battle of Changping | 260 BC | Warring States period | 700,000 (ancient source & includes prisoners) |
Battle of the Bagradas River (240 BC) | Battle of the Bagradas River (240 BC) | 240 BC | Mercenary War | 8,000+ |
Battle of Telamon | Battle of Telamon | 225 BC | Roman–Gallic wars | 56,000+ |
Battle of Ticinus | Battle of Ticinus | 218 BC | Second Punic War | 9,500+ |
Battle of the Trebia | Battle of the Trebia | 218 BC | Second Punic War | 35,000 |
Battle of Lake Trasimene | Battle of Lake Trasimene | 217 BC | Second Punic War | 30,000 |
Battle of Cannae | Battle of Cannae | 216 BC | Second Punic War | 50,000+ |
Battle of Silva Litana | Battle of Silva Litana | 216 BC | Second Punic War | 24,000+ |
Battle of the Silarus | Battle of the Silarus | 212 BC | Second Punic War | 15,000 + |
Battle of the Metaurus | Battle of the Metaurus | 207 BC | Second Punic War | 12,000 |
Battle of Julu | Battle of Julu | 207 BC | Chu–Han Contention | 400,000+ (including prisoners) |
Battle of Wei River | Battle of Wei River | 204 BC | Chu-Han contention | 200,000+ |
Battle of Utica | Battle of Utica | 203 BC | Second Punic War | 45,000+ |
Battle of Gaixia | Battle of Gaixia | 203 BC | Chu-Han contention | 100,000+ |
Battle of the Arius | Battle of the Arius | 200 BC | Antiochus's Bactrian Campaign | 3,750 |
Battle of Cynoscephalae | Battle of Cynoscephalae | 197 BC | Second Macedonian War | 23,700 |
Battle of Thermopylae (191 BC) | Battle of Thermopylae (191 BC) | 191 BC | Roman–Seleucid War | 14,000 |
Battle of Magnesia | Battle of Magnesia | 190 BC | Roman–Seleucid War | 53,350 |
Battle of Pydna | Battle of Pydna | 168 BC | Third Macedonian War | 21,000 |
Battle of Noreia | Battle of Noreia | 115 BC | Germanic Wars (Cimbrian War) | 24,000 |
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