Name that Battle!

[IrishBlood]

Correct! After the battle of Tigranocerta, Mithradates refused to fight the Romans in a pitch battle, but Pompey surprised him, taking advantage of the moonlight. After that, Euergetes was forced to abandon Pontus once and for all, heading towards the Kingdom of Bosporus, in the Crimean Pennunsula. Well done, it wasn't a famous battle and it's possible that the image doesn't exist in the Internet, as I scanned it from a book.

The only reason I got it was because I went through almost the entire 'battles of the roman republic' list on wikipedia one by one and read through the descriptions to find a battle that matched your hints....it was a slow day at work

Try this!

[Spear Dog]

Dahomey Amazons against Europeans = Battle of Dogba. Kingdom of Dahomey vs the French.

[IrishBlood]

correct!

[Spear Dog]

thanks

[Abdülmecid I]

It's the siege of Ohakov in 1788. At first, I was sure that I had seen that image in a wiki article about the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-9, but I was wrong. It was an almost identical painting depicting the battle of Akhalzic:

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Then, I suspected that both paintings were made by the same artist (Suchodolski) and easily found the right answer. History of Arts!

[Spear Dog]

Yes, siege of Ochakov 1788 and inevitably Russian vs Turk/Ottoman. I know of this battle and several other Russian battles I was previously unaware of through researching Russian art and artists. Russian battle, or even military paintings in general, are a cut above imo.

Well spotted, your go.

[Dr. Chet Manley]

*sigh*


Sometimes I really hate those Medieval illustrators depicting ancient battles with contemporary armour and weaponry lol

Makes one wonder how the Roman army characteristic elements faded away from the collective memory of medieval people.

[Abdülmecid I]

[Chera]

Battle of the Nile?

[Aymer de Valence]

Chesapeake?

[napoleon boneaparte]

Chesma?

[Abdülmecid I]

Nope, nobody guessed right, but Aymer is closer to the truth, having found the opponents and the war.

[Aymer de Valence]

I will hazard a guess at The Battle of The Saintes, but I just can't seem to find that particular picture

[Abdülmecid I]

I will hazard a guess at The Battle of The Saintes, but I just can't seem to find that particular picture

Don't forget that the American Revolution was a true World War. Chronologically, you're close, but geographically not so much.

[FrostySOTF]

Going solely off of what you last posted and what look to be French flags I'm guessing Battle of Ushant though I'm rubbish with Naval anything for the most part and that's the first one that comes to mind.

Could also be Battle of Chesapeake, there are many others but I don't think it would be proper to type up all of my guesses xD

[Lord Oda Nobunaga]

^Yeah all naval battles look the same to me. Especially if I can't tell what the flags are, all I'm seeing is Britain in that pic so it really could be anything in 1700s and 1800s.

[FrostySOTF]

^Yeah all naval battles look the same to me.

I feel your pain fellow book-lord.

[General Maximus]

^Yeah all naval battles look the same to me. Especially if I can't tell what the flags are, all I'm seeing is Britain in that pic so it really could be anything in 1700s and 1800s.

Same here. All naval battles look the same to me. Unless there is something definite to distinguish it from others.

[Abdülmecid I]

Regarding the naval battles of the 18th century, I found the french wikipedia to include more information and images than the english version. For example, the image I posted, which concerns a battle fought in the Indian Ocean, is featured in the respective article of the french encyclopedia.

[Lord Oda Nobunaga]

You said Indian Ocean and I immediately knew it was Andre de Suffren

Battle of Providien