* Introduction: The Rise of Imperialism * The Battles of Salamis, 400 B.C., and Plataea, 479 B.C.; The Struggle for Supremacy within Greece * The Siege of Syracuse, 415-413 B.C., and the Battle of Aegospotami, 405 B.C.; The Rise of Rome and her Conflict with Carthage * The Rise of Macedonia; The Battle of Gagugamela or Arbela, 331 B.C. * The Battles of the Metaurus, 207 B.C., and Zama, 202 B.C.; The Rise of Roman Imperialism * The Battle of Pydna, 168 B.C.; The Struggle for supremacy within the Roman Empire * The Siege of Dyrrhachium and the Battle of Pharsalus, 48 B.C.; The Passing of the Roman Republic * The Battle of Philippi, 42 B.C. and Actium, 31 B.C.; The Establishment of the Imperial Frontiers * The Battle of the Teutoburger Wald, A.D. 9; The Pax Romana * The Battle of Adrianople, 378; The Wandering of the Nations * The Battle of Chlons or of the Mauriac Plain, 451; The Conquest of Italy by the Ostrogoths * The Battles of Tricameron, 533, and Taginae, 552; The Rise and Expansion of Islam * The Siege of Constantinople, 717-718, and the Battle of Tours, 732; The Rebirth of Imperialism in Western Europe * The Battle of Hastings, 1066; The Decline of the Caliphate and the Revival of the Byzantine Empire * The Battle of Manzikert, 1071; The Counter-Attack of Christendom on Islam * The Battle of Hattin, 1187; The Disruption of the Western Empire and the Rise of France and England * The Raising of the Siege of Orlans, 1429; The Rise of the Ottoman Empire * The Siege and Fall of Constantinople, 1453, The Reconquest and Reunification of Spain * The Siege of Mlaga, 1487, and the Conquest of Granada, 1492; The Supremacy of the Spanish and Ottoman Empires * The Battle of Lepanto, 1571