How many wars did the Romans lose?

Answer 1

Well the Romans really only had like one or two wars. But in the war(s) they fought MANY battles. Some of which were long enough for them to be technically classified as wars, though they weren't.

The number of Roman military engagements which were long enough to be classified as being wars was far more that one of two. Here are just some examples: the three Samnite Wars; 2, 22, and 8 years; the Pyrrhic war: 5 years; the three Punic wars: 23, 18, and 3 years; the four Macedonian wars: 9, 4, 2, and 2 years; The Seleucid war: 4 years; the Gallic wars: 8 years. You also need to take into account that in those days armies did not fight during the winter and that even these days wars are on and off battles, not continuous fighting. Wars need preparation of strategies, battles need to be planned and war efforts need to be made sustainable.