Magnesia, Battle of, Manisa, Turkey, 190 B.C.
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- Work cat.: 93204244: Livy. Book XXXVII, 1992(date of battle not clear; book covers events of Scipio's campaigns of 190-189 B.C.)
- Harbottle, Thomas Benfield. Dictionary of Battles, 1971:p. 171 (Magnesia, Battle of, 190 B.C.)
- Eggenberger, David. Dictionary of Battles, 1967:p. 257 (Magnesia, 190 B.C.)
- Oxford class. dict. 2d ed.:p. 912 (Magnesia, Battle of, probably January, 189 B.C.)
- Turkey_location_map.svg: NordNordWest
- derivative work: Uwe Dedering (talk)
The Battle of Magnesia took place in either December 190 or January 189 BC. It was fought as part of the Roman–Seleucid War, pitting forces of the Roman Republic led by the consul Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus and the allied Kingdom of Pergamon under Eumenes II against a Seleucid army of Antiochus III the Great. The two armies initially camped northeast of Magnesia ad Sipylum in Asia Minor (modern-day Manisa, Turkey), attempting to provoke each other into a battle on favorable terrain for several days. When the battle finally began, Eumenes managed to throw the Seleucid left flank into disarray. While Antiochus' cavalry overpowered his adversaries on the right flank of the battlefield, his army's center collapsed before he could reinforce it. Modern estimates give 10,000 dead for the Seleucids and 5,000 killed for the Romans. The battle resulted in a decisive Roman-Pergamene victory, which led to the Treaty of Apamea that ended Seleucid domination in Asia Minor.
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