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Battle of Magnesia
Part of War against Antiochus III

Date: December 190 BC
Location: near Magnesia ad Sipylum, Lydia (modern Turkey)
Result: Decisive Roman victory
Casus belli:
Territory changes:
Combatants
Roman Republic Seleucid Empire
Commanders
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus
Scipio Africanus
Eumenes II of Pergamum
Antiochus III the Great
Strength
Casualties

The Battle of Magnesia was fought in 190 BC near Magnesia ad Sipylum, between the Romans and their ally Eumenes of Pergamum against the army of Antiochus III the Great of Syria resulting in a Roman victory.

The Battle of Magnesia was fought in 190 BC near Magnesia ad Sipylum, between the Romans, led by the consul Lucius Cornelius Scipio and his brother, the famed general Scipio Africanus, with their ally Eumenes II of Pergamum against the army of Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid Empire. The resulting decisive Roman victory ended the conflict for the control of Greece.






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