This is an interesting topic. My favorite battles consist of: --Ancient--A) Battle of Leuctra: 371 BCEB) Battle of Guagamela/Arbela: 331 BCEC) Battle of Ipsus: 301 BCED) Battle of Corupedium: 281 BCEE) Battle of Cynoscephalae: 197 BCEF) Battle of Magnesia: 190 BCEG) Battle of Pydna: 167 BCEH) Battle of Cannae: 216 BCEI) Battle of Zama: 202 BCEJ) Battle of Heraclea: 280 BCEK) Battle/Siege of Alesia: 52 BCEL) Battle of Pharsalus: 48 BCEM) Naval battle of Actium: 31 BCE--Late Antiquity--Campaigns of Flavius Belisarius: 526-532 CE + 541-545 CE against the Sassanian Persians, 533-534 CE against the Vandals, 535-554 CE against the Ostrogoths:A) Siege of Rome: 537-538 CEB) Battle of CallinicumC) Battle of Tricamerum--Italian Renaissance + Early Modern Europe--A) Castruccio Castracani of Lucca: Battle of FuccechioB) Castruccio Castracani of Lucca: Battle of AltopasciaC) Castruccio Castracani of Lucca: Battle of CarmignanoD) Great Italian Wars: 1494-1559 CE (Battle of Pavia: 1525 CE)E) Thirty Years' War: 1618-1648 CE (Battles of Breitenfield + Lutzen)F) Eighty Years' War: 1568-1648 CE (Siege of Breda: 1624-1625 CE)G) Battle of Mollwitz: 1741 CEH) Battle of Hohenfriedberg: 1745 CEI) Battle of Rossbach: 1757 CEJ) Battle of Leuthen: 1757 CEK) Battle of Kesselsdorf: 1757 CEL) Battle of Fontenoy: 1757 CEM) Battle of KircholmN) Battle of Narva: 1700 CEO) Battle of Poltava: 1709 CE--Napoleonic Era--Italian Wars: 1796-1797 CE:A) Battle of MontenotteB) Battle of MillesimoC) Battle of San MicheleD) Battle of CevaE) Battle of LodiF) Battle of BassanoG) Battle of Rovento H) Battle of MondaviI) Battle of ArcoleJ) Battle of RivoliK) Battle of MantuaCoalition Wars:L) Battle of Marengo: 1800 CEM) Battle of Hohenlinden: 1800 CEN) Battle of UlmO) Battle of Austerlitz: 1805 CEP) Battle of Jena: 1806 CEQ) Battle of Auerstadt: 1806 CER) Battle of Aspern-Essling: 1809 CE S) Battle of Wagram: 1809 CE--Modern Era--A) Battle of Sedan: 1870 CE