Battle of Pydna

When

19 Jun 168 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

40.25° N, 22.47° E

Description

battle of the Third Macedonian War

Battle of the Third Macedonian War in 168 BC

The Battle of Pydna took place in 168 BC between Rome and Macedon during the Third Macedonian War. The battle saw the further ascendancy of Rome in the Hellenistic world and the end of the Antigonid line of kings, whose power traced back to Alexander the Great's Diadochi Antigonus Monophthalmus.

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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 “The Battle of Pydna (in southern Macedonia) gives Roman forces under Lucius Aemilius Paulus a crushing victory over Perseus and his Macedonian forces”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Pidna Muharebesi gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Dem römischen Heer unter Aemilius Paullus gelingt es nach dreijähriger Kriegführung im Dritten Makedonisch-Römischen Krieg”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les légions du consul Paul Émile défont les troupes du roi de Macédoine Persée à la bataille de Pydna”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Разгром армии Персея в битве при Пидне римлянами Павла”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Pidna - Las fuerzas romanas de Lucio Emilio Paulo logran una victoria aplastante sobre Perseo y el ejército macedonio”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “彼得那戰爭，罗马共和国征服希臘，導致馬其頓王國覆亡，安提柯王朝因此斷絕。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ルキウス・アエミリウス・パウルス率いるローマ軍がピュドナの戦いでペルセウス率いるマケドニア軍に圧勝。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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