Battle of Ecbatana
Time: 129 BC
Place: Iran
Details: Sidetes' campaign initially met with spectacular success, recapturing Mesopotamia, Babylonia, and Media. In the winter of 130/129 BC, his army was scattered in winter quarters throughout Media and Persis when the Parthian king, Phraates II, counter-attacked. Moving to intercept the Parthians with only the troops at his immediate disposal, he was ambushed and killed at the Battle of Ecbatana in 129 BC. Antiochus Sidetes is sometimes called the last great Seleucid king.
‹ Earlier in historyKingdom of Pergamon became the Roman province of Asia131 BCLater in history ›The Yuezhi had conquered Bactria120s BC
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