Military Leaders

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Military Leaders

• By Vincent Redko

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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.)

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Gaius Julius Caesar

• Conquered Gaul (from modern French-Riviera to
  Normandy) 58-50 BC.
• Crossed the English Channel and successfully
  invaded England (55 BC).

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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.

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Geiseric

• Invaded Africa from Spain and captured Carthage
  in 439 A.D.
• Invaded Italy and Sacked Rome in 455 A.D.

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M.Vipsanius Agrippa

• Defeated Marc Antony at Actium (31BC), securing
  power over Roman world for Octavian

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Aetius

• Repulsed Attila and the Huns in 451 AD at Battle
  of the Catalonian Fields.
• Believed to have saved Western Rome.

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Trajan

• Invaded Dacia (Northern Balkans) in 101 AD.
• Expanded empire to its largest form.

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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.