What the records say
- When
- 239 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 39.94° N, 32.84° E
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Ancyra
Battle of the Seleucid Civil War between Seleucus II and Antiochus Hierax
The Battle of Ancyra was fought in ca. 239 BC between the Seleucid King Seleucus II Callinicus and his brother Prince Antiochus Hierax. Civil war had raged in the Seleucid Empire since 244 BC, when Queen Laodice I had supported her son Antiochus in a rebellion against Seleucus. Antiochus fought to establish his own kingdom in Anatolia.
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