Roman and Greek Warfare
Battle of Magnesia – 190 BCE. Roman Republican legionaries fighting against the Greek soldiers of the Seleucid Empire. Result of the battle was a great victory for the legionaries, leading to domination by Rome of the area which nowadays is the Turkish peninsula. The Punic Wars which broke out for the third time in 148 BC, ending two years later…
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