Europe 269: Battle of Lake Benacus
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The Crisis of the Third Century
-27–68 The Julio-Claudian Dynasty
68–96 The Flavian Dynasty
96–192 The Nerva–Antonine Dynasty
192–235 The Severan Dynasty
235–285 The Crisis of the Third Century
285–1803 NO MAPS FOR THIS PERIOD YET
1803–1815 Napoleonic Wars
1815–1848 Congress Europe
1848–1850 The Springtime of Peoples
1850–1859 The Crimean War
1859–1862 Italian Unification
1862–1871 German Unification
1871–1914 Imperial Europe
1914–1918 The Great War
1918–1922 Armistice Europe
1922–1939 The Rise of Fascism
1939–1942 World War II: Blitzkrieg
1942–1945 World War II: Fall of the Third Reich
1945–1990 The Cold War
1990–2010 Post-Cold War Europe
2010–pres The Crisis of Europe
Battle of Lake Benacus
fall 235 Maximinus Thrax
2 Apr 238 Year of the Six Emperors: Gordians I & II
9 May 238 Year of the Six Emperors: Three vs Thrax
sum 242 Gordian III’s Persian War
11 Feb 244 Battle of Misiche
Sep 249 Decius vs Philip the Arab
Jun 251 Battle of Abritus
Aug 253 Battle of Barbalissos
spr 254 Aftermath of Barbalissos
sum 257 Gothic Black Sea Raids
late 258 First Alemannic Invasion of Italy
spr 260 Capture of Valerian
11 Sep 260 Thirty Tyrants
spr 261 Defeat of the Macriani
Jan 262 Odaenathus
early 263 Limesfall
fall 267 Gothic–Herulian Invasion of Greece
spr 268 Battle of Nessos
268/ 269 Battle of Lake Benacus
Apr 270 Wars of Claudius Gothicus
Oct 270 Aurelian vs Quintillus
spr 271 Battle of Fano
In September 268, while suppressing Aureolus’ revolt, Gallienus was assassinated by his generals. He was succeeded by the general Claudius, who immediately finished off Aureolus only to face a renewed Alemannic invasion of Italy. Claudius defeated the Alemanni at Lake Benacus, and drove them back north, but the empire he now ruled remained heavily embattled.
