{"slug": "guerrilla-warfare", "label": "Guerrilla warfare", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_warfare", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80895", "qid": "Q80895", "description": "form of irregular warfare", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [17, 1978], "span_label": ["17 CE", "1978 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "roman-empire", "label": "Roman Empire", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "numidia", "label": "Numidia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "africa-roman-province", "label": "Africa (Roman province)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "roman-army", "label": "Roman army", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "berber-people", "label": "Berber people", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "limes-roman-empire", "label": "Limes (Roman Empire)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bulgaria", "label": "Bulgaria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "late-roman-army", "label": "Late Roman army", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "goths", "label": "Goths", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edirne", "label": "Edirne", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "estonia", "label": "Estonia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "homs", "label": "Homs", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 17, "year_label": "17 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Tacfarinas, Numidian deserter from the Roman army, begins a guerrilla war against the Romans. He leads his own Musulamii tribe and a coalition of Berbers, attacking the Limes Tripolitanus, a fortified zone (limes) of the Roman Empire in Africa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371078816#Africa", "title": "10s", "revid": 1371078816, "section": "Events › 17 AD › Africa"}}, {"year": 202, "year_label": "202 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Severus launches a campaign in Africa; Legio III Augusta under Quintus Anicius Faustus fights a guerrilla war against the Garamantes along the Limes Tripolitanus. They capture several settlements such as Cydamus, Gholaia and their capital Garama, 600 km south of Lepcis Magna. The province of Numidia is enlarged: the Romans annex Castellum Dimmidi, Gemellae and Vescera.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367880704#Roman_Empire", "title": "202", "revid": 1367880704, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 377, "year_label": "377 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of the Willows: The Romans abandon the guerrilla strategy and are attacked by the Goths. The battle is indecisive but both sides suffer heavy casualties. The only Roman army available to face the Goths is no longer a fighting force. Richomeres withdraws his troops south of Marcianople (Bulgaria).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367313593#Roman_Empire", "title": "377", "revid": 1367313593, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 378, "year_label": "378 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Gothic War: Valens sends Sebastian with a body of picked troops (2,000 men) to Thrace and renews the guerrilla war against the Goths. He chases down small groups of Gothic raiders around Adrianople.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1309998773#Roman_Empire", "title": "378", "revid": 1309998773, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 1148, "year_label": "1148 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 24", "text": "July 24 – Zangid forces under Sayf al-Din arrive at Homs. Mu'in al-Din Unur sends a letter of ultimatum to the Crusader leaders to lift the siege of Damascus. Meanwhile, guerrilla attacks demoralise the Crusaders.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362156256#Second_Crusade", "title": "1148", "revid": 1362156256, "section": "Events › By place › Second Crusade"}}, {"year": 1978, "year_label": "1978 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September 27", "text": "September 27 – The last Forest Brother guerrilla movement fighter is discovered and killed in Estonia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022681#September", "title": "1978", "revid": 1370022681, "section": "Events › September"}}]}