What was the largest battle fought by ancient Rome?
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According to wikipedia I would say that Adrianople is the biggest battle, not only because it was a battle between Romans (so it has sources from both sides), but also because only eastern parts of the Empire and Italy were able to support such huge numbers in an army. While other battles might look great as well, all of them were against barbarians, whose numbers can't be that big counting only warriors.
But I'll also put another battle that might potentially be bigger, battle of Phillipi, during the civil war after Caesar's death. Where 36 legions were in battle, and it might have numbers above 300,000 if those legions had auxiliary forces.
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