Magnesia
War: Hellenistic Monarchies, Wars of the


Date: 190 b.c.
Location:
Outcome: Roman victory

Principal
Commanders: Roman: Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
Syrian: Antiochus III

Overview: Fought B.C. 190, between Antiochus the Great, with 80,000
troops, and the Romans, 40,000 strong, under Cnaeus Domitius. Antiochus, leading the right wing, drove back the Roman left and penetrated to their camp, which he nearly succeeded in capturing. His left wing, however, was routed, and his elephants becoming unmanageable, broke the ranks of the phalanx, whereupon his whole army fled in confusion, with a loss, it is said, of 50,000 killed. The Romans lost 300 only.