The Romans have on several occasions sent …
Years: 192BCE - 192BCE
The Romans have on several occasions sent ambassadors demanding that Antiochus stay out of Europe and set free all the autonomous communities in Asia Minor.
To meet these demands would mean the actual dissolution of the western part of the Seleucid Empire, and Antiochus thus refuses.
When the Romans show little interest in compromise, Antiochus accepts the invitation of Rome's former allies, the Aetolians, who feel they had not been duly rewarded with additional territory after the victory over Philip, to liberate the Greeks.
Relying on the Aetolians, Antiochus lands in Demetrias in the autumn of 192 with only ten thousand five hundred men and occupies Euboea.
When Antiochus refuses to withdraw, …
Locations
People
Groups
- Roman Republic
- Aetolian League
- Greece, Hellenistic
- Macedon, Antigonid Kingdom of
- Pergamon (Pergamum), Kingdom of
- Achaean League, Second
- Seleucid Empire
