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Ancient Armies

This page lists the officially sanctioned DBA 1.1 edition armies for the years 3000 BC to 300 AD or Ancient period. Eventually I hope to link in pages for each army to provide notes on the army, suggested tactics, and possibly even links to images. If you don't find your favorite army here, then try the Medieval Armies or DBA Variant Armies pages.

Number Army Period
1 Sumerian & Akkadian 3000 BC - 2004 BC
2 Old & Middle
Kingdom Egyptian		 3000 BC - 2004 BC
3 Nubian 3000 BC - 712 BC
4a Early Libyan 3000 BC - 1250 BC
4b Early Syrian 3000 BC - 2200 BC
5 Midianite Arab 1500 BC - 312 BC
6 Early Shang Chinese 1720 BC - 1300 BC
7 Early Northern Barbarian 2000 BC - 450 BC
8a Hykos 1650 BC - 1546BC
8b Early Canannite,
Urgaritic or Syrian		 1700 BC - 1340 BC
9 Hittite 1680 BC - 710 BC
10 Mycenean & Minoan 1600 BC - 1150 BC
11 New Kingdom Egyptian 1550 BC - 1070 BC
12 Early Assyrian 1363 BC - 745 BC
13 Early Hebrew 1250 BC - 1000 BC
14a Sea Peoples 1230 BC - 1165 BC
14b Later Libyan 1250 BC - 74 BC
15a Philistine 1200 BC - 1000 BC
15b Later Canaanite,
Ugaritic or Syrian		 1340 BC - 1100 BC
16a Later Shang Chinese 1300 BC - 770 BC
16b Chou and
Spring & Autumn Chinese		 1100 BC - 480 BC
16c Warring States and
Chin Chinese		 480 BC - 202 BC
17 Dark Age and
Geometric Greek		 1150 BC - 700 BC
18a New Babylonian 746 BC - 482 BC
18b Neo-Elamite 800 BC - 649 BC
18c Mede 835 BC - 550 BC
18d Lydian 687 BC - 546 BC
19 Later Hebrew 1000 BC - 587 BC
20 Libyan Egyptian 946 BC - 712 BC
21a Early Indian 900 BC - 545 AD
21b Kushan 1035 BC - 410 BC
22 Kushite Egyptian 712 BC - 664 BC
23 New Assyrian 745 BC - 609 BC
24a Early Hoplite Greek 700 BC - 450 BC
24b Early Spartan 700 BC - 450 BC
24c Early North Greek 700 BC - 450 BC
25 Kimmerian or
Skythian		 750 BC - 50 BC
26 Illyrian 700 BC - 10 AD
27 Thracian 700 BC - 46 AD
28a Early Achaemenid
Persian		 550 BC - 420 BC
28b Cyropaedic Persian 550 BC - 530 BC
29 Saitic Egyptian 660 BC - 525 BC
30a Early Roman 650 BC - 400 BC
30b Etruscan 650 BC - 280 BC
30c Samnite/Umbrian 650 BC - 272 BC
30d Campanian/Apulian 420 BC - 203 BC
31a Early Carthaginian 550 BC - 275 BC
31b Later Carthaginian 275 BC - 146 BC
32 Later Hoplite Greek 450 BC - 275 BC
33 Later Achaemenid Persian 420 BC - 330 BC
34 Syracusan 410 BC - 210 BC
35 Gallic 400 BC - 50 BC
36 Alexandrian Macedonian 355 BC - 330 BC
37 Alexandrian Imperial 330 BC - 320 BC
38a Antigonid 320 BC - 285 BC
38b Eumenid 320 BC - 316 BC
39 Lysimachid 320 BC - 281 BC
40 Macedonian Early Successor 320 - 260 BC
41a Early Seleucid 320 BC - 280 BC
41b Later Seleucid 280 BC - 83 BC
42a Early Ptolemaic 320 BC - 275 BC
42b Later Ptolemaic 275 BC - 40 BC
43 Pyrrhic 300 BC - 272 BC
44 Early Armenian 300 BC - 428 AD
45 Galatian 280 BC - 25 BC
46a Camillan Rome 400 BC - 275 BC
46b Polybian Rome 275 BC - 105 BC
47 Hellenistic Greek 275 BC - 146 BC
48 Pergamene 263 BC - 129 BC
49 Later Macedonian 260 BC - 148 BC
50 Bactrian and
Indo-Greek		 250 BC - 55 BC
51 Parthian 250 BC - 225 AD
52 Ancient Spanish 240 BC - 20 BC
53 Numidian 215 BC - 25 AD
54 Han Chinese 202 BC - 189 AD
55a Early Rhoxolani Sarmatian 310 BC - 100 AD
55b Bosphoran 310 BC - 100 AD
55c Siracae, Iazyges, or
Later Rhoxolani Sarmatian		 310 BC - 375 AD
55d Alan 50 AD - 1500 AD
56 Maccabean Jewish 168 BC - 104 AD
57 Early German 115 BC - 250 AD
58 Pontic 110 BC - 47 BC
59 Marian Rome 105 BC - 25 BC
60 Ancient British 55 BC - 75 AD
61 Scots-Irish 55 BC - 846 AD
62 Chinese Border Nomand 450 BC - 1218 AD
63 Blemmye or Nobades 30 BC - 650 AD
64 Early Imperial Rome 25 BC - 193 AD
65 Moorish 25 AD - 696 AD
66 Jewish Revolt 66 AD - 70 AD
132 AD - 135 AD
67 Caledonian or Pictish 75 AD - 846 AD
68 Dacian 60 AD (BC?) - 106 AD
69 Middle Imperial Rome 193 AD - 324 AD
70 Early Gothic or Vandal 200 AD - 493 AD
72 Three Kingdoms Chinese 189 AD - 620 AD
73a Early Sassinid 220 AD - 428 AD
74 Early Frankish, Burgundian,
Alamannic or Rugian		 250 AD - 639 AD
75a Early Saxon, Frisian, Suevi,
Bavarian or Thuringian		 250 AD - 804 AD
76 Palmyran 260 AD - 272 AD

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Last Updated: March 6, 2001

Comments, suggested additions, and/or critiques welcome. Direct them to Chris Brantley at brant@erols.com.