Chronology -- The first conflicts of antiquity : 6th century BC to AD 2nd century -- The great migrations and the formation of the Romanian nation and Medieval states -- The anti-Ottoman wars, from Mircea the Old to Vlad Ţepeş -- The apogee of the anti-Ottoman wars, from Stephen the Great to Michael the Brave, 1457-1601 -- The army and Romanian battles from the 17th century to the eve of the 19th century, 1601-1821 -- From people's assembly to the modern Romanian armed forces, 1821-1867 -- The war of independence, 1877-1878 -- From the middle of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century -- Romanian participation in the Second Balkan War -- From the Danube to the Tisa River, 1914-1919 -- The interwar period -- From the Caucasus and Stalingrad to Budapest and Vienna's Porte -- From Jacket to Rubashka, 1945-1989 -- Romanian military involvement in the Revolution of December 1989 -- At the turn of the millennium : on the way to NATO.