Earth:Battle of the Harpasus

Short description: Battle between Attalus I and Antiochus Hierax

Battle of the Harpasus
Date 229 BC Location Harpasus river, Caria (modern-day Turkey) Result Pergamese victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Pergamon	Seleucid Empire
Commanders and leaders
Attalus I	Antiochus Hierax

The Battle of the Harpasus was fought in 229 BC between the Pergamese and Seleucid armies on the banks of the Harpasus River, a tributary of the Maeander River in Caria. The battle on the Harpasus was the last battle of the war between King Attalus I of Pergamon and the Seleucid prince Antiochus Hierax over dominion of western Anatolia. Attalus won a decisive victory and Hierax started a failed campaign in Mesopotamia that would lead to his defeat and later death at Egypt.

References

• Jaques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-33538-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=Dh6jydKXikoC.