Battles in History

Leaders

Every commander named in a battle record, and the battles they fought.

LeaderSideRoleBattle
Alexander III ("the Great")MacedonKing; led the Companion cavalry on the rightGaugamela 331 BCE
BessusPersiaSatrap of Bactria; commanded the left-wing cavalryGaugamela 331 BCE
Charles, Count of AlençonFranceThe King's brother; led the first division of cavalryCrécy 1346
CraterusMacedonCommanded the left-hand phalanx battalionsGaugamela 331 BCE
Darius IIIPersiaGreat King; in the centre with the royal guardGaugamela 331 BCE
Edward IIIEnglandKing; commanded from a windmill behind the centre, with the reserveCrécy 1346
Edward, the Black PrinceEnglandNominal commander of the right-hand division (the vanguard)Crécy 1346
Gaius Terentius VarroRomeConsul in command that day; allied cavalry, left wingCannae 216 BCE
Gnaeus Servilius Geminus and Marcus Atilius RegulusRomeEx-consuls; commanded the infantry centre (Polybius 3.114.6; Livy 22.45 names Servilius only)Cannae 216 BCE
Hannibal BarcaCarthageCommander; with his brother Mago in the centreCannae 216 BCE
HasdrubalCarthageHeavy Spanish and Gallic cavalry, left wing by the riverCannae 216 BCE
John, King of BohemiaFranceAllied king in the first divisionCrécy 1346
Lucius Aemilius PaullusRomeConsul; Roman citizen cavalry, right wing by the riverCannae 216 BCE
Maharbal (Livy) or Hanno (Polybius)CarthageNumidian light cavalry, right wingCannae 216 BCE
MazaeusPersiaSatrap; commanded the right-wing cavalryGaugamela 331 BCE
Ottone Doria and Carlo GrimaldiFranceCommanded the Genoese crossbowmenCrécy 1346
ParmenionMacedonCommanded the left wing and the Thessalian cavalryGaugamela 331 BCE
Philip VIFranceKing; commanded the main armyCrécy 1346
William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton, and Richard Fitzalan, Earl of ArundelEnglandCommanded the left-hand divisionCrécy 1346