What the records say
- When
- 275 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 39.00° N, 34.00° E
- Description
- victory of the Seleucid king Antiochus I over the Galatians in 275 BCE
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of the Elephants
Galatian-Seleucid battle circa 275 BC
The Battle of the Elephants was a military confrontation between the Galatians and the Seleucid Empire in central Anatolia around 275 BC. According to surviving descriptions, the Seleucids, commanded in person by Antiochus I, were victorious over a much larger force on account of their war elephants.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “El rey seléucida Antíoco I vence a los invasores gálatas en la batalla de los elefantes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page