Military Leaders By: Vincent Redko
P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus Conquered territories in Spain (210-205 BC). Conquered Sicily (211BC). Defeated Carthaginians at Zama (202 BC). (Picture to right: Carthage purple, Rome red.)
Gaius Julius Caesar Conquered Gaul (from modern French-Riviera to Normandy) 58-50 BC. Crossed the English Channel and successfully invaded England (55 BC).
Hannibal Barca Sieges Saguntum (Roman ally) provoking 2nd Punic War. Successfully crosses Alps and invades Italy; Long winding campaign includes battles of Cannae (216 BC) and Tarentum.
Geiseric Invaded Africa from Spain and captured Carthage in 439 A.D. Invaded Italy and Sacked Rome in 455 A.D.
M.Vipsanius Agrippa Defeated Marc Antony at Actium (31BC), securing power over Roman world for Octavian
Aetius Repulsed Attila and the Huns in 451 AD at Battle of the Catalonian Fields. Believed to have saved Western Rome.
Trajan Invaded Dacia (Northern Balkans) in 101 AD. Expanded empire to it’s largest form.
Lucius Domitius Aurelianus Defeated the Jutes after their invasion of Northern Italy in 270 AD. Repulsed barbarian invasion of the Vandals and Sarmatians in 271 AD.