This is a list of conflicts in Europe ordered chronologically, including wars between European states, civil wars within European states, wars between a European state and a non-European state that took place within Europe, and global conflicts in which Europe was a theatre of war. There are various definitions of Europe and in particular, there is a significant dispute about the eastern and southeastern boundaries, specifically about how to define the countries of the former Soviet Union. This list is based on a wide definition that includes much of the interface between Europe and Western Asia. BCE Pre-500 BCE c. 5000 BCE Talheim Death Pit c. 1300 BCE Tollense valley battlefield c. 1104–900 BCE Dorian invasion c. 753–351 BCE Roman–Etruscan Wars c. 753–494 BCE Roman–Sabine wars 743–724 BCE First Messenian War 710–650 BCE Lelantine War circa 700–601 BCE Alban war with Rome 685–668 BCE Second Messenian War 669–668 BCE Sparta–Argos War 600–265 BCE Greek–Punic Wars 595–585 BCE First Sacred War 560 BCE Second Arcadian War 540 BCE Battle of Alalia 538–522 BCE Polycrates wars 500–200 BCE 509–396 BCE Early Italian campaigns 500–499 BCE Persian invasion of Naxos' 499–493 BCE Ionian Revolt 492–490 BCE First Persian invasion of Greece 482–479 BCE Second Persian invasion of Greece 480–307 BCE Sicilian Wars 460–445 BCE First Peloponnesian War 449–448 BCE Second Sacred War 440–439 BCE Samian War 431–404 BCE Second Peloponnesian War 395–387 BCE Corinthian War 390–387 BCE Celtic invasion of Italia 335 BCE Alexander's Balkan campaign 323–322 BCE Lamian War 280–275 BCE Pyrrhic War 267–261 BCE Chremonidean War 264–241 BCE First Punic War 229–228 BCE First Illyrian War 220–219 BCE Second Illyrian War 218–201 BCE Second Punic War 214–205 BCE First Macedonian War 200 BCE onwards 200–197 BCE Second Macedonian War 191–189 BCE Aetolian War 171–168 BCE Third Macedonian War 135–132 BCE First Servile War 113–101 BCE Cimbrian War 113 BCE – 476 CE Germanic Wars 104–100 BCE Second Servile War 91–87 BCE Social War 87 BCE Bellum Octavianum 85 BCE Colchis uprising against Pontus 80–72 BCE Sertorian War 82–81 BCE Sulla's civil war 77 BCE Marcus Aemilius Lepidus 73–71 BCE Third Servile War 73–63 BCE Roman Expansion in Syria & Judea 65–63 BCE Pompey's campaign in Caucasus 63–62 BCE Second Catilinarian conspiracy 55–54 BCE Caesar's invasions of Britain 58–51 BCE Gallic Wars 49–45 BCE Caesar's Civil War 42–36 BCE Bellum Siculum 43 BCE Battle of Mutina 43–42 BCE Liberators' civil war 41–40