Battle of the Eurymedon (190 BC)

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Battle of the Eurymedon
Part of War against Antiochus III
Date 190 BC Location Near Eurymedon river Result Roman victory
Combatants
Roman Republic	Seleucid Empire
Commanders
Lucius Aemilius Regilius	Hannibal

Roman-Syrian War
Thermopylae – Eurymedon – Myonessus – Magnesia

The Battle of the Eurymedon was fought in 190 BC between Roman forces and a Seleucid fleet. The Seleucids were led by the famous Carthaginian general Hannibal, who had gone into exile in the events following the Battle of Zama. The Romans were victorious, and Hannibal was forced to flee to Crete as a result of the political fallout from his loss. He would never again return to the field.