List of the Germanic Wars

This is a list of the Germanic Wars between various Germanic tribes, and the Romans and their descendants between 113 BC and 600 AD. The nature of these wars varied through time between Roman and Byzantine conquest, Germanic uprisings and later Germanic invasions in the Roman Empire that started in the late 2nd century. The series of conflicts which began in the 5th century, under the Western Roman Emperor Honorius, led (along with internal strife) to the ultimate downfall of the Western Roman Empire.

Year	Name	Location	Belligerents		Result
113–101BC	Cimbrian War	Central, Southern and Western Europe, Noricum and Gaul	Roman Republic	Cimbri, Teutons	Decisive Roman victory
112 BC	Battle of Noreia^[1]	Neumarkt, Austria	Roman Republic	Cimbri, Teutons, Ambrones	Cimbrian victory
107 BC	Battle of Agen^[2]	Agen, France	Helvetii	Roman Republic	Decisive Helvetii victory
105 BC	Battle of Arausio	Orange, Vaucluse	Cimbri, Teutons	Roman Republic	Decisive Cimbrian and Teutonic victory
102 BC	Battle of Aquae Sextiae	Aix-en-Provence, France	Teutons	Roman Republic	Decisive Roman victory
101 BC	Battle of Vercellae^[3]	Vercellae in Cisalpine Gaul	Cimbri	Roman Republic	Decisive Roman victory
58 BC	Battle of Vosges	Alsace, France	Roman Republic	Suevi	Decisive Roman victory
57 BC	Battle of the Sabis	Gaul, modern day Wallonia	Roman Republic	Nervii, Aduatuci	Roman victory
16 BC	clades Lolliana		Roman Empire	Sicambri, Tencteri, Usipetes	Germanic victory
11 BC	Battle of the Lupia River	Lower Lippe River, Germany	Roman Empire	Sicambri	Roman victory
9 AD	clades Variana	Teutoburg Forest, Germany	Cherusci, Marsi, Chatti, Bructeri, Chauci, Sicambri, Suevi	Roman Empire	Decisive Germanic victory
15 AD	Battle at Pontes Longi	Near Bramsche, Germany	Cherusci, Chatti, Bructeri, Chauci and other tribes	Roman Empire	Inconclusive
16	Battle of the Weser River	Weser River, Germany	Roman Empire	Coalition of Germanic tribes	Roman victory
16	Battle of the Angrivarian Wall	Near Porta Westfalica, Germany	Roman Empire	Coalition of Germanic tribes	Roman victory (according to Tacitus)
28	Battle of Baduhenna Wood	Heiloo, Netherlands	Frisii	Roman Empire	Decisive Germanic victory
166–180	Marcomannic Wars	Germania along the Upper Danube, Pannonia and Dacia	Coalition of Germanic tribes	Roman Empire	Roman victory
235–284	Crisis of the Third Century		Goths, Alemanni	Roman Empire
c. 235	Battle at the Harzhorn	Lower Saxony, Germany	Germanic tribes	Roman Empire	Roman victory
250	Battle of Philippopolis	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Goths	Roman Empire	Gothic victory
251	Battle of Abrittus	Razgrad, Bulgaria	Roman Empire	Goths	Decisive Gothic victory
259	Battle of Mediolanum	Milan, Italy	Roman Empire	Alemanni	Roman victory
267	Battle of Thermopylae	Balkans	Heruli	Roman Empire	Gothic victory
268	Siege of Mediolanum	Milan, Italy
268	Battle of Lake Benacus	Lake Garda, Italy	Alemanni	Roman Empire	Decisive Roman victory
269	Siege of Augustodunum Haeduorum	Autun, France
269	Battle of Naissus	Niš, Serbia	Goths	Roman Empire	Roman victory
271	Battle of Placentia	Piacenza, Italy	Juthungi	Roman Empire	Alemanni victory
271	Battle of Fano	Fano, Italy	Juthungi	Roman Empire	Roman victory
271	Battle of Pavia	Pavia, Italy	Roman Empire	Juthungi	Roman victory
274	Battle of Châlons	Châlons-en-Champagne, France	Roman Empire	Gallic Empire	Roman victory
298	Battle of Lingones	Langres, France	Roman Empire	Alemanni	Roman victory
298	Battle of Vindonissa	Vindonissa, Switzerland	Roman Empire	Alemanni	Roman victory
356	Siege of Senonae	Senonae, France	Roman Empire	Alemanni	Roman victory
356	Siege of Autun	Autun, France	Roman Empire	Alemanni	Roman victory
356	Battle of Durocortorum	Reims, France	Roman Empire	Alemanni	Alemanni victory
356	Battle of Brumath	Brumath, France	Roman Empire	Alemanni	Roman victory
357	Battle of Argentoratum	Strasbourg, France	Roman Empire	Alemanni	Decisive Roman victory
367	Battle of Solicinium	Southwest-Germany, Germany	Roman Empire	Alemanni	Roman victory
367–368	Great Conspiracy	Roman Britain	Franks, Saxons, Scotti Picts	Roman Empire	control of province reestablished
369	Battle of Noviodunum	Noviodonum, modern-day Romania	Thervingi	Roman Empire	Roman victory
376–382	Gothic War		Goths	Roman Empire
377	Battle of the Willows	Moesia, Bulgaria	Goths	Roman Empire	Draw
378	Battle of Adrianople	Edirne, Thracia modern day Turkey	Goths	Roman Empire	Decisive Gothic victory
378	Battle of Argentovaria	Colmar, France	Roman Empire	Lentienses	Decisive Roman victory
380	Battle of Thessalonica	Thessalonica, Greece	Goths	Roman Empire	Gothic victory
390	Massacre of Thessalonica	Thessalonica, Greece	Goths	Thessalonicians	Gothic victory
394	Battle of the Frigidus	Vipava River, Slovenia	Eastern Roman Empire	Western Roman Empire	Decisive Eastern Roman victory
402–403	Gothic War	Italy	Visigoths	Roman Empire
402	Siege of Asti	Asti, Italy	Visigoths	Roman Empire
402	Battle of Pollentia	Pollentia, Italy	Visigoths	Roman Empire	Minor Roman victory
403	Battle of Verona	Verona, Italy	Visigoths	Roman Empire	Roman victory
405	Siege of Florence	Florence, Italy	Goths	Roman Empire	Roman victory
406	Battle of Faesulae	Fiesole, Italy	Goths, Vandals	Roman Empire	Roman victory
406	Battle of Moguntiacum	Mainz, Germany	Vandals, Suevi, Alans	Franks	Vandalic victory
406	Crossing of the Rhine	Rhine River, Germany	Vandals, Suevi, Alans	Roman Empire	Vandalic victory
409	Battle of Ostia	Ostia, Italy	Visigoths	Western Roman Empire	Visigothic victory
410	Sack of Rome	Rome, Italy	Visigoths	Roman Empire	Visigothic victory
413	Siege of Massilia	Rome, Italy	Visigoths	Roman Empire	Roman victory
419	Battle of the Nervasos Mountains	Province of León, Spain	Vandals, Alans	Roman Empire, Suevi	Roman/Suevi victory
425	Battle of Arles	Arles, France	Visigoths	Roman Empire, Huns	Roman-Hunnic victory
430-431	Siege of Hippo Regius	Annaba, Algeria	Vandals	Roman Empire	Draw
431	Battle of Helena	Hélesmes, France	Franks	Roman Empire	Roman victory
435	Battle of Arles	Arles, France	Visigoths	Roman Empire, Huns	Roman-Hunnic victory
436	Battle of Narbonne	Narbonne, France	Roman Empire	Visigoths	Roman victory
439	Battle of Toulouse	Toulouse, France	Roman Empire	Visigoths	Visigothic victory
451	Battle of Carthage (439)	Carthage, Tunisia	Vandals	Western Roman Empire	Vandal victory
451	Battle of the Catalaunian Plains	Champagne-Ardenne, France	Visigoths, Roman Empire, Franks, Burgundians, Saxons	Huns, Ostrogoths, Rugians, Scirii, Thuringians, Bastarnae, Alemanni, Gepids, Heruli	Visigothic/Roman victory
452	Sack of Aquileia	Aquileia, Italy	Huns, Ostrogoths	Roman Empire	Hunnic victory
452	Battle of Asfeld	Pannonia	Lombards	Gepids	Lombards victory
454	Battle of Nedao	Pannonia	Gepids, Heruli, Rugii, Scirii, Suebi	Huns, Alani	Gepids, Heruli, Rugii, Scirii and Suebi victory
455	Sack of Rome	Rome, Italy	Vandals	Roman Empire	Vandalic victory
456	Battle of Órbigo	Órbigo, Spain	Visigoths, Burgundians, Romans	Suevi	Visigothic victory
457	Battle of Campi Cannini	Near Lake Maggiore, Italy	Roman Empire	Alemanni	Roman victory
457	Battle of Garigliano	Campania, Italy	Vandals	Western Roman Empire	Roman victory
458	Battle of Toulouse	Toulouse, France	Roman Empire	Visigoths	Roman victory
458	Battle of Arelate	Arles, France	Roman Empire	Visigoths	Decisive Roman victory
458	Battle of Corsica	Corsica	Western Roman Empire	Vandals	Roman victory
461	Battle of Cartagena	Cartagena, Spain	Vandals	Roman Empire	Decisive Vandalic victory
468	Battle of Bassianae	Bassianae, Serbia	Ostrogoths	Huns	Decisive Ostrogothic victory
468	Battle of Cape Bon	Cape Bon, Tunisia	Vandals	Roman Empire	Decisive Vandal victory
469	Battle of Bolia	Pannonia	Heruli, Rugii, Scirii, Suevi, Roman Empire	Ostrogoths	Decisive Ostrogothic victory
c. 469	Battle of Déols	Déols, France	Bretons, Roman Empire	Visigoths	Visigothic victory
471	Battle of Arles	Arles, France	Roman Empire	Visigoths	Decisive Visigothic victory
472	Siege of Rome	Rome, Italy	Western Roman Empire	Germanic rebels	Decisive Germanic victory
475	Battle of Ravenna	Ravenna, Italy	Western Roman Empire	Germanic rebels	Decisive Germanic victory
476	Battle of Pavia	Pavia, Italy	Germanic foederati	Roman Empire	Decisive Germanic victory
476	Battle of Ravenna	Ravenna, Italy	Germanic foederati	Roman Empire	Decisive Germanic victory
489	Battle of Isonzo	Soča, Italy	Heruli, Scirii	Ostrogoths, Rugii	Ostrogothic victory
489	Battle of Verona	Verona, Italy	Heruli, Scirii	Ostrogoths, Rugii	Ostrogothic victory
505	Battle of Horreum Margi	Ćuprija, Serbia	Ostrogoths	Eastern Roman Empire	Ostrogothic victory
533–534	Vandalic War	Carthago, Tunisia	Byzantine Empire	Vandals	Decisive Byzantine victory
533	Battle of Ad Decimum	Carthago, Tunisia	Byzantine Empire	Vandals	Byzantine victory
533	Battle of Tricamarum	Carthago, Tunisia	Byzantine Empire	Vandals	Decisive Byzantine victory
535–554	Gothic War	Italy, Croatia	Byzantine Empire	Ostrogoths, Franks	Decisive Byzantine victory
537–538	Siege of Rome	Rome, Italy	Ostrogoths	Byzantine Empire	Byzantine victory
542	Battle of Faventia	Faenza, Italy	Ostrogoths	Byzantine Empire	Ostrogothic victory
542	Battle of Mucellium	Mugello, Italy	Ostrogoths	Byzantine Empire	Ostrogothic victory
543	Siege of Naples	Naples, Italy	Ostrogoths	Byzantine Empire	Ostrogothic victory
546	Sack of Rome	Rome, Italy	Ostrogoths	Byzantine Empire	Ostrogothic victory
549–550	Siege of Rome	Rome, Italy	Ostrogoths	Byzantine Empire	Ostrogothic victory
551	Battle of Sena Gallica	Senigallia, Italy	Byzantine Empire	Ostrogoths	Decisive Byzantine victory
552	Battle of Taginae	Gualdo Tadino, Italy	Byzantine Empire	Ostrogoths	Decisive Byzantine victory
553	Battle of Mons Lactarius	Monti Lattari, Italy	Byzantine Empire	Ostrogoths	Decisive Byzantine victory
554	Battle of the Volturnus	Volturno River, Italy	Byzantine Empire	Franks, Alemanni	Decisive Byzantine victory
569–572	Siege of Ticinum	Pavia, Italy	Lombards, Bavarians, Gepids, Saxons	Byzantine Empire	Decisive Germanic victory