Editing List of battles before 301 (section)

==2nd century==
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|101 ||[[Second Battle of Tapae]] || [[Trajan]] defeats [[Decebalus]], ending [[Trajan's Dacian Wars]].
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|102 ||[[Battle of Adamclisi]] || Trajan defeats [[Dacians]], [[Roxolani]], & [[Bastarnae]] in modern [[Romania]].
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|103 ||Battle of Gatae || [[Trajan]] defeats Dacians.
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|106 ||[[Battle of Sarmizegetusa]]|| Trajan victorious in the siege of the Dacian capital of [[Sarmizegetusa Regia|Sarmizegetusa]].
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|130 ||[[Battle of Venni]] || [[Cholas]] led by [[Karikala]] defeats confederacy of [[Pandya]] and [[Chera]] rulers.
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|140 ||[[Siege of Burnswark]] || Romans defeat [[Selgovae]] in southern Scotland.
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|163 ||[[Siege of Edessa (163)|Siege of Edessa]] || Parthians take city of [[Edessa]] from Rome.
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| rowspan="2" |165 ||[[Siege of Edessa (165)|Siege of Edessa]] || Romans retake city and massacre Parthian garrison.
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|[[Battle of Ctesiphon (165)|Battle of Ctesiphon]]|| Romans under [[Avidius Cassius]] defeat the Parthians, further weakening their Empire.
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|170 ||[[Battle of Carnuntum]] || Romans under [[Marcus Aurelius]] defeated by Marcomanni under [[Ballomar]] and their allies the Quadi tribe.
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|rowspan="2" |190 ||[[Battle of Xingyang (190)|Battle of Xingyang]] || [[Dong Zhuo]] emerges victorious against [[Cao Cao]].
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|[[Battle of Venni]] ||[[Early Chola]] led by [[Karikala]] defeat a confederacy led by [[Pandya]] and [[Chera]] rulers.
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| rowspan="3" |191 ||[[Battle of Jieqiao]] || [[Yuan Shao]]'s infantry repulses a cavalry charge by rival warlord [[Gongsun Zan]].
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|[[Battle of Yangcheng]] || Yuan Shao was beaten back by [[Sun Jian]].
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|[[Battle of Xiangyang (191)|Battle of Xiangyang]] || [[Liu Biao]] emerges victorious against Sun Jian
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|192 ||[[Battle of Chang'an]] || Forces led by [[Li Jue (Han dynasty)|Li Jue]] and [[Guo Si]] defeat the assassins of [[Dong Zhuo]], [[Wang Yun (Han dynasty)|Wang Yun]] and [[Lü Bu]]. Wang Yun captured and executed.
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| rowspan="3" |193 ||[[Battle of Cyzicus (193)|Battle of Cyzicus]] || [[Septimius Severus]], the new Emperor, defeats his eastern rival [[Pescennius Niger]] in the [[Year of the Five Emperors]].
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|[[Battle of Nicaea]] || Severus again defeats Niger.
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|[[Battle of Fengqiu]] || Cao Cao emerges victorious against [[Yuan Shu]].
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| rowspan="2" |194 ||[[Battle of Issus (194)|Battle of Issus]] || Severus defeats Niger for the last time. 
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|[[Battle of Yan Province]] || Cao Cao and [[Lü Bu]] battle for control of the region.
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| rowspan="2" |197 ||[[Battle of Lugdunum]] || 19 February – Emperor [[Septimius Severus]] defeats and kills his rival [[Clodius Albinus]], securing full control over the Empire.
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|[[War between Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu|Battle of Wancheng]] || Cao Cao flees after [[Zhang Xiu (warlord)|Zhang Xiu]] attacked.
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| rowspan="2" |198 ||[[Battle of Ctesiphon (198)]]|| Roman forces under [[Septimius Severus]] capture the Parthian capital, fatally weakening the Empire, leading to the rise of the [[Sassanids]].
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|[[Battle of Xiapi]] || Cao Cao and [[Liu Bei]] emerges victorious against Lü Bu.
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|199 ||[[Battle of Yijing]] || Yuan Shao emerges victorious against Gongsun Zan.
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|200 ||[[Battle of Guandu]] || [[Cao Cao]] defeats Yuan Shao's numerically superior army and secures domination of the North China plain.
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