Location / Name 

Attackers

Defenders

Victory

The Battle of Marathon, Greece

50 000 Persians

10 000 Athenians and Allies

Athenians and Allies

Maps Courtesy of the Department of History, United States Military Academy

Battle of Salamis, Greece

1 000 Persian ships

360 Athenian ships

Athenian Flotilla

Maps in Public Domain by the US Federal Government

Battle of Gaugamela

Alexander the Great

Darius III of Persia

(two times the size of the enemy)

Alexander the Great

Maps Courtesy of the Department of History, United States Military Academy

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Battle of Cannae (Apulia), Italy

Consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus
and Gaius Terentius Varro with
86000 Roman and Allied soldiers
(losses: 50000 deaths + 20000 prisoners)

General Hannibal and 55000 men
(6000 deaths)

 Cartagena (General Hannibal)

Maps Courtesy of the Department of History, United States Military Academy

Battle of Alesia

Caesar (Rome)

Rome

Sketch of the Battle of Alesia, drawn by Muriel Gottrop in December 2004 {GFDL}

Battle of Actium

400 Roman ships

500 Egyptian ships (Cleopatra's forces)

Rome

(Octave / Octavio)

Translated from File:Schlacht bei Actium.svg | Author: Future Perfect at Sunrise, on the basis of work by Lencer and Leo2004 {GFDL}