After being defeated by the Roman Republic in the Pyrrhic War in 275 BC , Pyrrhus ( 297–272 BC ) decided Deciding to turn Change his attention to Greece .

After being defeated by the Roman Republic in the Pyrrhic War in 275 BC , Pyrrhus ( 297–272 BC ) decided Deciding to turn Change his attention to Greece .

He declared Expressing_publicly war on Antigonus Gonatas ( 283–239 BC ) of Macedon and in a rapid campaign , managed Preventing_or_letting to defeat him and make himself king of Macedon .

In 272 BC , Pyrrhus agreed to assist Assistance the disgruntled Spartan prince , Cleonymus , who requested Request his assistance in securing the Spartan throne .

The city was sparsely defended Defending at the time as the majority of its army had been taken Motion to Crete by King Areus I ( 309–265 BC ) .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Sulci was a naval battle Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter in 258 BC between the Roman and Carthaginian navies on the coast near the town of Sulci , Sardinia .

`` For the earlier battle Hostile_encounter , see Battle Hostile_encounter of Chaeronea ( 338 BC ) '' The Battle Hostile_encounter of Chaeronea was fought Hostile_encounter by the Roman forces Causation of Lucius Cornelius Sulla and Mithridates ' general , Archelaus , near Chaeronea , in Boeotia , in 86 BC during the First Mithridatic War Military_operation .

`` For the earlier battle Hostile_encounter , see Battle Hostile_encounter of Chaeronea ( 338 BC ) '' The Battle Hostile_encounter of Chaeronea was fought Hostile_encounter by the Roman forces Causation of Lucius Cornelius Sulla and Mithridates ' general , Archelaus , near Chaeronea , in Boeotia , in 86 BC during the First Mithridatic War Military_operation .

The Battle of Lyncestis/Lyncus took place Process_start in 423 BC between the allied forces of the Lyncestians and Illyrians against those of the Spartans and Macedonians .

Before Athens suffered Bodily_harm defeat Conquering at Delium in 424 BC , Sparta had sent Sending an expedition under Brasidas to assist Perdiccas II of Macedonia and other opponents of Athens .

The Battle of Halys ( also known as the Battle of Halys River ) took place Process_start in 82 BC , during the Second Mithridatic War .

Octavian became Becoming the most powerful man in the Roman world and the Senate bestowed Name_conferral upon him the name of Augustus in 27 BC .

The Peloponnesian War ( 431–404 BC ) was an ancient Greek war fought by the Delian League led by Athens against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta .

This period of the war was concluded Process_end in 421 BC , with the signing of the Peace of Nicias .

In 415 BC , Athens dispatched Sending a massive expeditionary force to attack Syracuse , Sicily ; the attack failed Agree_or_refuse_to_act disastrously , with the destruction of the entire force in 413 BC .

In 415 BC , Athens dispatched Sending a massive expeditionary force to attack Syracuse , Sicily ; the attack failed Agree_or_refuse_to_act disastrously , with the destruction of the entire force in 413 BC .

Shattering religious and cultural taboos , devastating vast swathes of countryside , and destroying whole cities , the Peloponnesian War marked Recording the dramatic end to the fifth century BC and the golden age of Greece .

The Peloponnesian War was soon followed Arriving by the Corinthian War ( 394-386 BC ) , which , although it ended inconclusively , helped Athens regain a little of its former greatness .

The Perusine War ( also Perusian or Perusinian War , or the War of Perusia ) was a civil war of the Roman Republic , which lasted from 41 to 40 BC .

During the winter of 41–40 BC , Octavian 's army laid siege Besieging to the city , finally causing it to surrender due to starvation when the besieged realized reinforcements from Italy or the East were not coming .

Fulvia died Death in 40 BC , and with her death came a peace between Antony and Octavian .

The Rebellion of the Three Guards ( ) , or less commonly the Wu Geng Rebellion , was a civil war , instigated by an alliance of discontent Zhou princes , Shang loyalists , vassal states and non-Chinese peoples against the Zhou government under the Duke of Zhou 's regency in the latter 11th century BC .

The Third Macedonian War ( 171–168 BC ) was a war fought Hostile_encounter between the Roman Republic and King Perseus of Macedon .

In 179 BC King Philip V of Macedon died Death and was succeeded Change_of_leadership by his ambitious son Perseus .

After an inconclusive battle at Callinicus in 171 BC , and several more years of campaigning , Rome decisively defeated Conquering the Macedonian forces at the Battle of Pydna in 168 BC , bringing Causation the war to a close .

After an inconclusive battle at Callinicus in 171 BC , and several more years of campaigning , Rome decisively defeated Conquering the Macedonian forces at the Battle of Pydna in 168 BC , bringing Causation the war to a close .

The First Peloponnesian War ( 460–445 BC ) was fought Hostile_encounter between Sparta as the leaders of the Peloponnesian League and Sparta 's other allies , most notably Thebes , and the Delian League led by Athens with support from Argos .

The First Peloponnesian War began Process_start in 460 BC with the Battle of Oenoe , where Spartan forces were defeated Conquering by those of Athenian-Argive alliance .

They also had the better of the fighting on land , until 457 BC when the Spartans and their allies defeated Conquering the Athenian army at Tanagra .

The Athenians were defeated Conquering in 454 BC by the Persians in Egypt which caused Causation them to enter Arriving into a five years ' truce with Sparta .

However , the war flared Process_start up again in 448 BC with the start of the Second Sacred War .

In 446 BC , Boeotia revolted Change_of_leadership and defeated Conquering the Athenians at Coronea and regained Getting their independence .

The First Peloponnesian War ended Process_end in an arrangement between Sparta and Athens , which was ratified Ratification by the Thirty Years ' Peace ( winter of 446–445 BC ) .

The war Military_operation between the two leagues restarted Process_start in 431 BC , leading to Causation the Second Peloponnesian War .

It ended Process_end with a conclusive Spartan victory , where , in 404 BC , Athens was occupied Control by Sparta .

The Han–Xiongnu War , also known as the Sino-Xiongnu War , was a series of military battles fought Hostile_encounter between the Chinese Han Empire and the Xiongnu confederation from 133 BC to 89 AD .

Starting Process_start from Emperor Wu 's reign ( r. 141–87 BC ) , the Han empire changed Change from a relatively passive foreign policy to an offensive strategy to deal Resolve_problem with the increasing Xiongnu incursions on the northern frontier and also according to general imperial policy to expand Expansion the domain .

In 133 BC , the conflict escalated Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to a full-scale war Military_operation when the Xiongnu realized Coming_to_believe that the Han were about to ambush Attack their raiders at Mayi .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Chaeronea was fought Hostile_encounter in 338 BC , near the city of Chaeronea in Boeotia , between the Macedonians led by Philip II of Macedon and an alliance of some of the Greek city-states led by Athens and Thebes .

The battle Hostile_encounter was the culmination of Philip 's final campaigns Military_operation in 339-338 BC and resulted in Causation a decisive victory Earnings_and_losses for the Macedonians .

Philip had brought Bringing peace to a war-torn Greece in 346 BC , by ending Process_end the Third Sacred War Hostile_encounter , and concluding Process_end his ten-year conflict Hostile_encounter with Athens for supremacy in the north Aegean , by making Manufacturing a separate peace .

To many of the fiercely independent city-states , Philip 's power after 346 BC was perceived as a threat , especially in Athens , where the politician Demosthenes led efforts to break Destroying away from Philip 's influence Influence .

In 340 BC Demosthenes convinced Convincing the Athenian assembly to sanction Revenge action against Philip 's territories and to ally with the Achaemenids in Byzantium , which Philip was besieging Besieging .

In summer 339 BC , Philip therefore led his army towards South Greece , prompting Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the formation Coming_to_be of an alliance of a few southern Greek states opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to him , led by Athens and Thebes .

The Chu–Han Contention Competition ( 206–202 BC ) was an interregnum between the Qin dynasty and the Han dynasty in Chinese history .

Following the collapse Process_end of the Qin dynasty in 206 BC , Xiang Yu split Destroying the former Qin Empire into the Eighteen Kingdoms .

The war Military_operation ended Process_end in 202 BC with total victory Earnings_and_losses for Han , with Liu Bang soon proclaiming Statement himself first emperor of the Han dynasty .