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Regional43 CE – 58 CE · 15 years

Ma Yuan's Conquest of Vietnam

Vietnam · Nam Viet · Red River

Han Dynasty general's military campaign reasserted Chinese control over Vietnam (43 CE).

Estimated casualties

300Ksingle estimate · no range published

What happened

Han General Ma Yuan dispatched forces to suppress the Trung Sisters' rebellion. His military campaigns defeated Vietnamese resistance and reasserted Chinese administrative control. The conquest devastated Vietnamese populations but reestablished Chinese authority.

Why it mattered

Ma Yuan's victory reinforced Chinese rule but inspired centuries of Vietnamese resistance. The conflict presaged Vietnamese anti-colonial nationalism.

Belligerents2

  • Han Dynasty
  • Nam Viet

ON THE MAPHan Dynasty

Sources

  1. Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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21.03°N · 105.85°E · 43 CE – 58 CEWARS-ATLAS / CONFLICT / MA-YUAN-CONQUEST-VIETNAM

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