Magnesia on Sipylos

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Magnesia ad Sipylum ( Greek  Μαγνησία ἡ ὑπὸ Σιπύλῳ ; Latin : Magnesia ad Sipylum ) was an ancient city in Asia Minor landscape Lydia at the site of the present Manisa in Turkey . It was at the northern foot of the Sipylos Mountains and on the bank of the Hermos River .

The Battle of Magnesia in 190 BC Between the Roman Republic in league with King Eumenes of Pergamon on one side and Antiochus III. the great , the king of the Seleucid Empire , on the other hand, ended in a Roman victory and led in 188 BC. For the peace of Apamea .

Magnesia was later a free city in the Roman province of Asia . An earthquake caused severe damage in 17 AD , whereupon the Emperor Tiberius organized financial and organizational aid for the reconstruction.

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Coordinates: 38 ° 37 '  N , 27 ° 26'  E