Roman wars

Rivalry between King Pontus Mithridates VI and Rome in the 1st century BCE it resulted from Pontus' desire to create a regional power and supersede Roman influence.

Sertorius was a Roman commander and politician living at the turn of the 2nd and 1st centuries BCE, who opposed the Roman war machine. Due to his belonging to the popular camp, he was forced to leave Rome and finally headed the Iberian tribes and resisted in the 80-73 BCE.

Julius Caesar went down in history as the conqueror of Gaul and the creator of a new system, which found followers in various epochs. Little known to the general public are his military activities at the earlier stages of his career, i.e. during his tenure as pro-prime minister in Spain, where the future winner of the Gauls for the first time commanded a larger group of troops.

During his consulate, Julius Caesar sought to expand Rome's territory in the north. For this purpose, he conducted the Gallic wars.

Caesar's invasion of Britain in 55-54 BCE was an ambitious military campaign which proved that for this commander nothing was impossible.

Rise of Vercingetorix (52 BCE) was an attempt to independence and liberate Gaul from Roman rule. Vercingetorix led the rebellion.

Taking place in the years 49-45 BCE, a great Roman civil war between Caesar and Pompey - two great generals of their time - was not the first to plague the Roman republic. However, it was certainly the most famous and decided about the fall of the Republic and consolidation of power in the hands of one person.

When Julius Caesar was murdered in 44 BCE, Rome was engulfed in civil war once again. At that time, the so-called II triumvirate.

In historiography, Augustus is considered the creator of a new political order in Rome and his name is associated with such events as the Battle of Actium or the annexation of Egypt. Relatively little is said about his campaigns in Illyria in 35-33 BCE.

As early as 27 BCE Octavian Augustus relinquished some power to the Senate. The long conquered and romanized provinces fell under the patres rule, and the border provinces were henceforth to be supervised by a new Caesar, who vowed to bring order to the borders of the Empire.