Kurupedion
Kurupedion ( Greek Κούρου πεδίον " Kyros field") is the ancient name of a plain in Lydia north of Magnesia on the Sipylos , east of the mouth of the Hyllos in the Hermos (today Gediz ). In ancient times, two decisive battles for the Diadochin Empire were fought on this level . 281 BC Seleucus I. Nicator defeated his rival Lysimachus in the battle of Kurupedion . 190 BC The Roman consul Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus and his ally, King Eumenes II of Pergamon, defeated the Seleucid Antiochus III in the battle of Magnesia .
literature
- Konrat Ziegler : Kurupedion. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 3, Stuttgart 1969, column 380.
Remarks
- ↑ Justin 17: 2, 1; Appian , Syriaka 62; among others
- ↑ Titus Livius 37, 38-44; Appian, Syriaka 33-37; among others