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The Battle of Thermopylae took place on 24 April 191 BC. It was fought as part of the Roman–Seleucid War, pitting forces of the Roman Republic led by the consul Manius Acilius Glabrio against a Seleucid-Aetolian army of Antiochus III the Great.
On 26 April 191 BC, the two sides faced off at the Battle of Thermopylae, where Antiochus' army suffered a devastating defeat and he returned to Ephesus shortly afterwards. [10] The Seleucids then attempted to destroy the Roman fleet before it could unite with those of Rhodes and the Attalids.
The engagement at Thermopylae occurred simultaneously with the naval Battle of Artemisium: between July and September 480 BC. The second Persian invasion under Xerxes I was a delayed response to the failure of the first Persian invasion , which had been initiated by Darius I and ended in 490 BC by an Athenian -led Greek victory at the Battle of ...
Year 191 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Nasica and Glabrio (or, less frequently, year 563 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 191 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for ...
After the defeat of Antiochus III at the Battle of Thermopylae (191 BC), Heraclea was besieged by the Roman consul Acilius Glabrio, who divided his army into four bodies, and directed his attacks upon four points at once; one body being stationed on the river Asopus, where was the gymnasium; the second near the citadel outside of the walls ...
The Battle of Thermopylae was a battle fought in 480 BC during the Persian Wars. Battle of Thermopylae may also refer to: Battle of Thermopylae (323 BC), a battle during the Lamian War between a coalition of Greek cities under Leosthenes and a Macedonian army led by Antipater; Battle of Thermopylae (279 BC), the defense of the pass by the ...
On 26 April 191 BC, the two sides faced off at the Battle of Thermopylae, Antiochus' army suffered a devastating defeat and he returned to Ephesus shortly afterwards. [10] Following the Seleucid defeat at Thermopylae, the maritime power of Rhodes decided to side with their erstwhile allies the Romans. [11]
Battle of Thermopylae (191 BC) D. Dong'ou; L. Lex Acilia de Intercalando This page was last edited on 21 November 2021, at 19:28 (UTC). Text is available ...