Category
page 16th-century BC conflicts
Siege of Jerusalem
Nebuchadnezzar II laid siege to Jerusalem, culminating in the destruction of the city and its temple in the summer of 587 or 586 BC
Battle of Alalia
battle
Greek-Punic Wars
series of conflicts (580–265 BCE) between Carthage and Syracuse over control of Sicily
Battle of Pelusium
525 BCE battle between Egypt and Achaemenid Empire
Battle of Pteria
battle
Siege of Jerusalem
conflict in 597 BC
Battle of Thymbra
battle between Croesus of Lydia and Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid Empire
First Sacred War
595–585 BCE war
Medo-Persian conflict
campaign led by Cyrus the Great in Persis against the Median Empire
Battle of Opis
final battle of the Persian conquest of Babylonia
Eclipse of Thales
solar eclipse
Battle of Silva Arsia
battle in c.509 BCE between the Roman Republic and Etruscan Tarquinii and Veii forces
Siege of Sardis
a battle for establishing the greatest empire of east
European Scythian campaign of Darius I
military expedition into European Scythia by Achaemenid king Darius I in 513 BCE.
Roman–Latin wars
wars between ancient Rome and the Latins
Battle of Bi
battle
Roman-Etruscan Wars
series of wars between the Romans and the Etruscans
Battle of Yanling
battle between the states of Chu and Jin (575 BC)

Battle of the Persian Border
ancient battle
Overthrow of the Roman monarchy
Political revolution (traditionally 509 BC) which expelled the last king of Rome and established the Roman Republic
Roman-Volscian Wars
Series of wars fought between Roman Republic and Volsci
Battle of Boju
decisive battle (506 BCE) in a war fought between the Chinese kingdoms of Wu and Chu
Battle of Hyrba
ancient battle
Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley
c. 535/518–323 BCE conquest
Jewish–Babylonian War
war between the Kingdom of Judah and Babylonia, from 601 to 586 BCE, ending in the conquest of Judah
Battle of the Sagra
battle
First Achaemenid conquest of Egypt
conquest of Egypt by the Persian Achaemenid Empire (525 BCE)
Siege of Tyre
586-573 BCE siege by the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar II
Battle of the Fetters
6th century BCE Spartan defeat near Tegea
Roman-Sabine wars