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479 BCE land battle during the second Persian invasion of Greece
479 BCE land battle during the second Persian invasion of Greece
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48 BC
Between Julius Caesar's general Gaius Scribonius Curio and the Pompeian Republicans under
Between Julius Caesar's general Gaius Scribonius Curio and the Pompeian Republicans under Publius Attius Varus and King Juba I of Numidia
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851 battle between the Duchy of Brittany and West Francia
851 battle between the Duchy of Brittany and West Francia
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1224 military conflict in Estonia during Livonian Crusade
1224 military conflict in Estonia during Livonian Crusade
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1352 battle of the Breton War of Succession
1352 battle of the Breton War of Succession
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