What the records say
- When
- 171 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 39.63° N, 22.42° E
- Description
- battle of the Third Macedonian War
Battle of Callinicus
171 BCE battle of the Third Macedonian War
The Battle of Callinicus was fought in 171 BC between Macedonia and the Roman Republic near a hill called Callinicus, close to the Roman camp at Tripolis Larisaia, five kilometres north of Larissa, the capital of Thessaly. It was fought during the first year of the Third Macedonian War. The Macedonians were led by their king, Perseus of Macedon, while the Roman force was led by the consul Publius Licinius Crassus.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Thanks to the efforts of Eumenes II of Pergamum while in Rome, the Romans declare war on Macedonia and send troops to Thessaly”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Été : Persée s'empare de la Perrhébie et de plusieurs villes, dont Cyretiae et Mylae, puis établit son camp à Sycurium, près du mont Ossa, en Thessalie”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “第三次馬其頓戰爭：卡利基努斯战役，馬其頓王國戰勝羅馬共和國。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page