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List of battles involving war elephants
Last updated
May 22, 2025
Some notable battles involving
war elephants
include:
331 BC,
Battle of Gaugamela
326 BC,
Battle of the Hydaspes River
319 BC,
Battle of Cretopolis
318 BC,
Siege of Megalopolis
317 BC,
Battle of Paraitakene
316 BC,
Battle of Gabiene
312 BC,
Battle of Gaza
305-303 BC, Mauryan-Seleucid War
301 BC,
Battle of Ipsus
280 BC,
Battle of Heraclea
279 BC,
Battle of Asculum
275 BC,
Battle of Beneventum
274 BC,
Battle of the Aous
272 BC,
Siege of Sparta
272 BC,
Battle of Argos
265-264 BC,
Kalinga War
262 BC,
Siege of Agrigentum
255 BC,
Battle of Tunis
251 BC,
Battle of Panormus
238 BC,
Battle of Utica
238 BC,
Battle of "The Saw"
239 BC,
Battle of the Bagradas River
219-218 BC,
Siege of Saguntum
218 BC, Crossing of the Alps and the
Battle of Trebia
217 BC,
Battle of Raphia
207 BC,
Battle of the Metaurus
202 BC,
Battle of Zama
200 BC,
Battle of Panium
197 BC,
Battle of Cynoscephalae
190 BC,
Battle of Magnesia
167-160 BC, Revolt of the
Maccabees
164 BC,
Battle of Beth-zur
153 BC, Roman siege of
Numantia
(
Spain
)
149-146 BC,
Siege of Carthage
108 BC,
Battle of the Muthul
46 BC,
Battle of Thapsus
363,
Battle of Samarra
, other skirmishes between Shapur and Julian in his
invasion of Persia
451,
Battle of Vartanantz
634,
Battle of the Bridge
636,
Battle of al-Qādisiyyah
738,
Caliphate campaigns in India
1040,
Battle of Dandanaqan
1214, capture of
Cremona
by
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
1220,
Siege of Samarkand
1277 After the
battle of Ngasaunggyan
,
Kublai Khan
captured his first war-elephants.
1398,
Capture of Delhi
1402,
Battle of Ankara
,
Timur
's forces defeated
Ottomans
and
Ottoman Civil War
began
1511,
Capture of Malacca (1511)
1526,
First Battle of Panipat
1556,
Second Battle of Panipat
1659,
Battle of Khajwa
1739,
Battle of Karnal
1761,
Third Battle of Panipat
1825,
Battle of Danubyu
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