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190 BCE

190 BCE in world history: 5 events. 341 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. Battle

    Battle of Magnesia

    The Battle of Magnesia was fought in 190 BCE in western Anatolia between the Roman Republic, supported by Pergamene allies, and the Seleucid Empire under Antiochus III.

  2. Battle

    Battle of Myonessus

    The Battle of Myonessus was a naval battle fought off the coast of Ionia in 190 BCE, in which a Roman and Rhodian fleet under Lucius Aemilius Regillus defeated the Seleucid fleet commanded by Polyxenidas.

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In the profiles

  • Seleucid EmpireRome routs Antiochus III's army at the Battle of Magnesia
  • RhodesThe Rhodian fleet defeats a Seleucid squadron under Hannibal off Side
  • Kingdom of Armenia (Artaxiad)The Seleucids are defeated by Rome at the Battle of Magnesia; in the same year Artaxias I founds a Hellenistic Armenian state, with Zariadres ruling the kingdom of Sophene.

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