Battles fought before roughly 500 CE: the Battle of Marathon, the Battle of Cannae, the Battle of Actium and the Battle of Red Cliffs. Belongs here: an engagement fought in the classical Mediterranean, Near Eastern or East Asian world. Does not belong here: a battle fought after the western Roman collapse, which belongs to Medieval.
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1. War and Military Atlas Periodization (Ruling 761)
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Boundaries: Ancient below 500 CE, Medieval 500 to 1499, Early Modern 1500 to 1774, Modern 1775 onward (the 1775 cutover, not the round year 1800, matches the American Revolutionary War already being tagged Modern in the live data).
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