Cimon collected his forces at the Triopian promontory. Eurymedon, one of the Cabiri, children of Hephaestus and Cabiro, a Thracian woman. He went as far as to cross the Alps in 218 BCE, despite losing most of his 37 elephants and nearly half of his 40,000 men, in order to launch a surprise attack against the Romans from the north, where they'd least expect it. The Ionian Revolt broke out in 499, but it didn't spread to Caria until 498, in the aftermath of the Ionian raid on Sardis (498). The tone and details of Diodorus’ version have been noted as typical of cultural and nationalistic myths and so his account is usually disregarded. The battle took place off Side, when Hannibal attacked the Rhodian fleet docked in the mouth of Eurymedon River. 63 The word πεζός is used of men on foot with a latent or expressed contrast to men at sea, in a chariot or on horseback (for the first see Thuc. A great tumult arose among the Persians, and the soldiers of Cimon cut down all who came in their way, and seizing in his tent Pheredates, one of the two generals of the barbarians and a nephew of the king, they slew him; and as for the rest of the Persians, some they cut down and others they wounded, and all of them, because of the unexpectedness of the attack, they forced to take flight. Antiochus saw his fleet as disposable, believing that he could still rout the Romans on land. The Battle of the Eurymedon was a double battle, taking place both on water and land, between the Delian League of Athens and her Allies, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I. Cimon, however, moved to attack and Ariomandes, understanding his ships would do better with more room to maneuver, came back out from the river to give battle in open water. In the following year Miletus, the heart of the insurrection, was taken and destroyed. Other articles where Battle of Lade is discussed: Anatolia: The Anatolian Greeks in the Achaemenian period: …the decisive sea battle at Lade in 495 bce. [7], The Seleucid fleet sailed via Imbros and Skiathos, arriving at Demetrias where Antiochus' army disembarked. "Battle of the Eurymedon, c. 466 BCE." Please help us create teaching materials on Mesopotamia (including several complete lessons with worksheets, activities, answers, essay questions, and more), which will be free to download for teachers all over the world. [27] The ensuing Battle of Myonessus resulted in a decisive Roman-Rhodian victory, which cemented Roman control over the Aegean Sea, enabling them to launch an invasion of Seleucid Asia Minor. Between December 192 and March 191 BC, Antiochus campaigned in Thessaly and Acarnania. This caused the Persian garrison to be completely destroyed and made the league much stronger. Democracy in Athens was refined under the leadership of Pericles. Tags. The Persian fleet, not wanting to begin battle before the Phoenician ships arrived, moved into the mouth of the Eurymedon River thinking Cimon would not follow them. Eudamus picked up individual warships on his way south until he was reinforced by a second Rhodian squadron commanded by Pamphilidas off Megiste, their fleet now numbering 32 quadriremes, two quinqueremes and four triremes. https://www.ancient.eu/article/1516/. [12] A Roman naval force under Gaius Livius Salinator consisting of 81 ships arrived at Piraeus too late to impact the campaign in mainland Greece. Following his return from his Bactrian (210-209 BC)[1] and Indian (206-205 BC)[2] campaigns, the Seleucid King Antiochus III the Great forged an alliance with Philip V of Macedon, seeking to jointly conquer the territories of the Ptolemaic Kingdom. Map Image: Battke of Eurymedon . [23] Confusion among the Rhodians resulted in six ships belonging to the seaward wing briefly facing half of Hannibal's force. Eurymedon (468 BCE?) Ancient History Encyclopedia. [21] The Rhodians then sailed to Phaselis, a location of strategic importance which would enable them to block any fleet trying to attack their kingdom from Lycia. The Linked Data Service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the Library of Congress. The rest of the ships escaped to Cyprus, where their crews left them and took to the land, and the ships, being bare of defenders, fell into the hands of the enemy. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Eurymedon, possible father of Cinyras by the nymph Paphia. The Battle of the Eurymedon, also known as the Battle of Side took place in August 190 BC. The Rhodians withdrew to Rhodes for repairs, leaving Charikleitos with 20 ships at Megiste. Although the battle is frequently given as c. 466 BCE, it is also dated to 469 BCE or 468 BCE. Eurymedon, one of the four sons of Minos and his concubine Pareia. …467 Cimon won the great Battle of the Eurymedon River in Pamphylia (southern Anatolia), a naval victory that made a great impression both in Greece (where it was celebrated by the dedication of a bronze date palm, or phoinix, at Delphi: a punning reference to the defeated Phoenician fleet) and… Read More And wishing to overcome the barbarians by a stratagem, he manned the captured Persian ships with his own best men, giving them tiaras for their heads and clothing them in the Persian fashion generally. The battle took place at the mouth of the Eurymedon River in Asia Minor (modern-day Koprucay River in Antalya Province, Turkey) and was both a naval and land engagement. The delay was most likely due to wartime shortages. Ancient Naval Battleby The Creative Assembly (Copyright). Greece, Persia. The league took its name from the island of Delos – considered a sacred space not aligned with any of the members – where the league’s treasury was kept and all agreed to be led by Athens, the city-state considered most effective in repelling the two invasions of the Persian Wars. [14] In spring 190 BC, a Rhodian squadron united with the Roman fleet off Samos, where Roman admiral Lucius Aemilius Regillus took overall command. Modern estimates give 10,000 dead for the Seleucids and 5,000 killed for the Romans. It took place in either 469 or 466 BC, in the vicinity of the mouth of the Eurymedon River (now the Köprüçay) in Pamphylia, Asia Minor. [33], Naval battle where Rhodes defeat the Seleucids, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Eurymedon_(190_BC)&oldid=992830418, Naval battles involving the Seleucid Empire, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 7 December 2020, at 09:34. It was fought as part of the Roman–Seleucid War, pitting the fleets of Rhodes under admiral Eudamus against a Seleucid fleet of Hannibal.. He meanwhile ordered his land troops away from the shore to protect the camp and supplies. Scholar A. T. Olmstead sums up the result of the Persian defeat: Eurymedon was decisive…Europe had been lost to the [Persian] empire; and now large numbers of the Asiatic Greeks, together with many Carians and Lycians, were enrolled in the rapidly expanding Delian League. Cimon continued to lead a Delian League force of 300 triremes in the east: 200 Athenian with 100 allied contingents. In the summer of 193 BC, a representative of the Aetolian League assured Antiochus that the Aetolians would take his side in a future war with Rome, while Antiochus gave tacit support to Hannibal's plans of launching an anti-Roman coup d'état in Carthage. His son, Xerxes I, then launched the second invasion to avenge his father’s defeat in 480 BCE and punish Athens but was also defeated. prueba 1 Created on 13.02.2017. sander Created on 19.03.2013. newburgh in Created on 06.12.2014. Artabanus was quickly executed by Artaxerxes I who, having learned that Persian warfare with the Greeks did not end well, opted for a different course of action. The Battle of the Eurymedon was fought in 190 BC (approximate coordinates: 36°49'00"N, 31°10'20"E) between a Seleucid fleet and the navy of the city state of Rhodes, who were allied with the Roman Republic. A sharp struggle took place and both fleets fought brilliantly, but in the end the Athenians were victorious, having destroyed many of the enemy ships and captured more than one hundred together with their crews. Néanmoins, en dépit de cette victoire, un statu quo s'installa entre la Perse et la ligue, les Grecs ne poussant pas plus loin leur avanta… [4] In the early spring of 196 BC, Antiochus' troops crossed to the European side of the Hellespont and began rebuilding the strategically important city of Lysimachia. The barbarians, so soon as the fleet approached them, were deceived by the Persian ships and garb and supposed the triremes to be their own. The battle took place off Side, when Hannibal attacked the Rhodian fleet docked in the mouth of Eurymedon River. While Hannibal managed to preserve most of his fleet, he was unable to reinforce the rest of the Seleucid navy in Ephesus which left it isolated and vulnerable. [22] In August, after a number of Rhodian sailors caught a disease which spread from the local inhabitants, Eudamus moved his fleet to the mouth of Eurymedon River. The Battle of the Eurymedon took place between the Athenian-led Delian League and Persia on the Eurymedon River in Pamphylia in Asia Minor. [13], Following the Battle of Corycus, the Roman–Pergamene fleet at Canae was made up of 77 Roman and 50 Pergamene ships, half of the latter being apertae. Cimon had won a stunning victory but there is no record of him pressing his advantage nor any regarding what happened to the defeated Persian army. [31][32] The defeat at Magnesia and the transfer of the Seleucid fleet from Ephesus to Patara led the garrisons of numerous cities including Sardes, Ephesus, Thyatira and Magnesia ad Sipylum to surrender to the Romans. Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe. Fields denoted with an asterisk (*) are required . And when the soldiers had all been gathered at the torch and had stopped plundering, for the time being they set up a trophy and then sailed back to Cyprus, having won two glorious victories, the one on land and the other on the sea; for not to this day has history recorded the occurrence of so unusual and so important actions on the same day by a host that fought both afloat and on land. This was a war for freedom, and the Greeks would continue on, free from Persian rule. This is the version of the battle given by Thucydides and Plutarch. License. In 499 BCE, these city-states rebelled against Persian rule and were supported by Athens and Eretria. Antiochus countered by claiming that he was simply rebuilding the empire of his ancestor Antiochus II Theos and criticized the Romans for meddling in the affairs of Asia Minor states, whose rights were traditionally defended by Rhodes. The Battle of the Eurymedon (c. 466 BCE, also given as the Battle of the Eurymedon River) was a military engagement between the Greeks of the Delian League and the forces of the Achaemenid Empire toward the end of the reign of Xerxes I (r. 486-465 BCE). Bibliography Related Content Despite the emergence of pro-war party led by Scipio Africanus, the Roman Senate exercised restraint. The Battle of Chaeronea occurred in 338 BC when King Philip II of Macedon confronted a mixed Greek army. The period is better understood as the time between the defeat of the second Persian invasion of Greece in 479 BCE and the outbreak of the Second Peloponnesian War in 431 BCE. Regardl… What makes it really exciting, however, is that some of it really happened. The Battle of the Eurymedonwas an important event in ancient Greek history, as many Greecian cities came together and defeated a major naval force of the Persians under between 469 and 466 BCE. In response to Persian aggression, the Athenians formed the Delian League in 478 BCE. Hannibal was likewise aware of the Rhodian fleet's whereabouts from his own lookouts. On 26 April 191 BC, the two sides faced off at the Battle of Thermopylae, Antiochus' army suffered a devastating defeat and he returned to Ephesus shortly afterwards. The Greek fleet followed, and Cimon ordered his ships to also be grounded, disembarking his crews. La bataille de l'Eurymédon fut une victoire hautement significative pour la ligue de Délos car elle mit définitivement fin à la menace d'une autre invasion perse de la Grèce. Thereupon Cimon, not satisfied with a victory of such magnitude, set sail at once with his entire fleet against the Persian land army, which was then encamped on the bank of the Eurymedon River. The primary sources for the battle are Thucydides (l. c. 460 - c. 400 BCE), Diodorus Siculus (l. c. 90 - c. 30 BCE), and Plutarch (l. c. 45 - c. 125 CE), with Thucydides and Plutarch considered the most reliable (Thucydides because he was writing close to the event and Plutarch because of the sources available to him). Ancient History Encyclopedia Limited is a non-profit company registered in the United Kingdom. [24] The faster Rhodian ships struck the Seleucid landward wing through the diekplous maneuver. [15] When the Rhodians raised concerns about the threat of the Seleucid Cilician fleet, Aemilius assembled a mixed squadron with the intention of seizing Patara, a key Seleucid naval base in the region. There he was informed by citizens of Aspendos that Hannibal's fleet was at Side. Xerxes I did manage to burn Athens but did not defeat the Athenians nor subjugate them as both he and his father had hoped to do. He was a man of many surprises, as well as highly skilled, capable of taking a mish-mashed army he had gathered in Spain and turn it into a deadly force capable of taking down legion after legion … It took place in either 469 or 466 BC, in the vicinity of the mouth of the Eurymedon River (now the Köprüçay) in Pamphylia, Asia Minor. The Battle of Eurymedon After Eion, Skyros, and Naxos, the next mission for the Athenian StratēgósKimon came in either 469 or 466 BCE. Diodorus Siculus gives a different account with more colorful detail: And when Cimon learned that the Persian fleet was lying off Cyprus, sailing against the barbarians he engaged them in battle, pitting two hundred and fifty ships against three hundred and forty. Antiochus dispatched Zeuxis and Antipater to the Romans, in order to secure a truce. Whatever Athens was doing, it seemed, could not possibly matter to Xerxes I but, if he heard of its resurgence – as he probably did – it most likely added to his depression. Categories. All while the Roman infantry would struggle to sustain itself, while remaining grounded in mainland Greece. [18], In July 190 BC, Hannibal ordered his fleet of three septiremes, four hexaremes, 30 quinqueremes and 10 triremes to set sail from Seleucia Pieria along the southern Asia Minor coast. He launched his invasion in 490 BCE and sacked Eretria but was defeated at the Battle of Marathon that same year by the Athenians and withdrew. The amphibious attack on Patara was repelled by the city's garrison. Submitted by Joshua J. The revolt took five years to put down and, afterwards, Darius I began preparations to punish Athens and Eretria for their interference and also expand his empire by taking Greece. Eurymedon bottle 1. At the Battle of the Eurymedon in Pamphylia, the Athenians and allied fleet achieved a stunning double victory, destroying a Persian fleet and then landing the ships' marines to attack and rout the Persian army. And Cimon, night having fallen, disembarked his soldiers, and being received by the Persians as a friend, he fell upon their encampment. With their powerful navy, Athens and the Delian League were able to easily eliminate piracy from the surrounding area and also provide aid and support to the Greek cities along the coast of Asia Minor. Hannibal of Carthage, son of Hamilcar Barca, who was sworn to defeat Rome as a young child. Ancient Greek stories are pretty exciting. ca. Ancient History Encyclopedia Foundation is a non-profit organization. Even so, as noted, neither were careful with the chronology of the period and so any of the above dates for the battle could be correct. Half of the Seleucid ships were heavily damaged, forcing them to withdraw. Cim. Books The Persians held at first but then broke and Cimon sent in his reserves, which scattered the Persian forces. Hannibal used the opportunity to withdraw, evading the enemy ships sent to pursue him. The battle resulted in a decisive Roman-Pergamene victory. Cimon’s victory at the Eurymedon ended any hope of such an action and demoralized the Persian monarch and military. He then sent his heavily armored hoplites to break the Persian lines. We share high-resolution versions of our original photographs. Xerxes I’s son and successor, Artaxerxes I (r. 465-424 BCE) would resort to less obvious methods of striking at the Greek city-states, notably by fueling the tensions between Athens and Sparta which would lead to the Peloponnesian Wars (460-446 and 431-404 BCE) and, eventually, Athens’ defeat by the Spartans. Thank you! It took place in either 469 or 466 BC, in the vicinity of the mouth of the Euryme His adversaries on the other hand, could not afford a major defeat at sea, since the manpower to commandeer a new fleet would not be available for months. Cimon took 200 ships across the sea and landed at Caria sometime in 467-466 BCE from whence he sought to aid those cities which had declared their autonomy and joined the Delian League and force others, still loyal to Persia, to rebel and free themselves. The Persian Wars was one of the rare times that several Greek city-states cooperated for the sake of all … The Battle of the Eurymedon, also known as the Battle of Side took place in August 190 BC. Start Page Maps World Battke of Eurymedon Created: 22.11.2020 Battle innit . Athens was engaged in the First Peloponnesian War with Corinth at the time so it is understandable the Athenians would not want to divide their forces or spend any more time than necessary in Asia Minor, but they had already done so with Cimon’s initial expedition and would do so again 460-454 BCE in lending military support to an Egyptian revolt against Persian rule. The Seleucids selected 10,000 infantry, 500 cavalry, 6 war elephants and 300 ships to be transferred for their campaign in Greece. The Achaemenid Persian Empire was founded by Cyrus II (the Great, r. c. 550-530 BCE) c. 550 BCE and by the time of the king Darius I (the Great, r. 522-486 BCE) controlled territories from the border with India to the east across to Asia Minor in the west, up through Mesopotamia, and down through Egypt. He instantly broke off his engagements to meet them. One of Cimon's greatest exploits was his destruction of a Persian fleet and army at the Battle of the Eurymedon river in 466 BC. Xerxes I, alerted to Cimon’s action, finally returned to himself and ordered preparations for a large force to deal with the Greek aggression. 62 Meritt, B. D., ‘Epigrams from the Battle of Marathon’ in The Aegean and the Near East (1956) 270 f. Google Scholar. 469 B.C Please provide your name, email, and your suggestion so that we can begin assessing any terminology changes. The specific date is unknown, but it … He spent more time in his harem at Persepolis than attending to matters of state and otherwise was only interested in completing his building projects. Diodorus cites no source for this account of the battle, and it appears nowhere else except in later works citing his own. [25], Hannibal had preserved most of his fleet, however he was in no position to unite with Polyxenidas' fleet at Ephesus since his ships required lengthy repairs. After the siege of Skyros, he put in at the Piraeus. The truce was signed at Sardes in January 189 BC, whereupon Antiochus agreed to abandon his claims on all lands west of the Taurus Mountains, paid a heavy war indemnity and promised to hand over Hannibal and other notable enemies of Rome from among his allies. In 462 BC, he led an unsuccessful expedition to support the Spartans during the helot uprisings. In September 192 BC, Aetolian general Thoantas arrived at Antiochus' court, convincing him to openly oppose the Romans in Greece. The more experienced Rhodians managed to quickly maneuver the six ships to the right, enabling the rest of the fleet to engage. Pottery. Eurymedon, Battle of the, Turkey, ca. Contact us for further information and be sure to make a note of the URL of the photos you are interested in. This was an alliance of Greek city-states who banded together to help liberate Greeks from Persian rule and defend against any future invasions. Mark, J. J. Consequently, thinking that the attack of the enemy was coming from the mainland, they fled to their ships in the belief they were in friendly hands. Please support Ancient History Encyclopedia Foundation. "Battle of the Eurymedon, c. 466 BCE." In September 191 BC, the Roman fleet defeated the Seleucids in the Battle of Corycus, enabling it to take control of several cities including Dardanus and Sestos on the Hellespont. Thucydides gives only the barest of details for this battle; the most reliable detailed account is given by Plutarch. Eurymedon fought in the Indian War of Dionysus but he fled when attacked by Orontes. Ten Rhodian ships were also damaged. Schauenburg ascribes the utterance to the archer; his name a reference to the Battle of the Eurymedon River some time in the 460s BC, at which the Athenians prevailed. The date of c. 466 BCE, however, seems to make the most sense in light of other events – whose dates are known – which fit with this chronology. [19][20] The fleet's advance was hampered by contrary winds and the need for additional training maneuvers. [6] Dying Persianby Mark Cartwright (CC BY-NC-SA). Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/article/1516/. Cimon, sailing from Phaselis, made to attack the Persians before the reinforcements arrived, whereupon the Persian fleet, eager to avoid fighting, retreated into the river itself. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. [29] As the Roman forces reached Maroneia, Antiochus began preparing for a final decisive battle. After overcoming some initial confusion, the Rhodians executed the diekplous maneuver against the Seleucid seaward wing. Additional Maps for the Region. The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle between Greek and Persian... Robert B. Strassler & Herodotus & Robert B. Strassler & Andrea L. Purvis & Rosalind Thomas. Historians have often noted that, to the Greeks, the victories at Marathon, Salamis, and Platea were epic in their importance while, to the Persians, they were seen as minor setbacks in reaching an ultimately achievable goal. Negotiations between the Romans and the Seleucids resumed, coming to a standstill once again, over differences between Greek and Roman law on the status of disputed territorial possessions. J.-C., et conduisit plusieurs cités, particulièrement de Carieà rejoindre la ligue de Délos. Battle of the Eurymedon, c. 466 BCE. [30] The Romans advanced through Dardanus to the River Caecus where they united with Eumenes’ army. Many battles were fought between the Greek city-states during this time even though it was, overall, a period of growth and development – especially for Athens and Sparta. Mark, published on 03 March 2020 under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. The Pentecontaetia is often incorrectly understood as “fifty years of peace” when it was not. Recent scholars have focused on two key historical events during this period that could have produced sizable quantities of silver for this series: the battle of the Eurymedon River in 467 BC, where the resulting captured Persian booty was enormous and was attested to have been distributed (Plutarch, Vit. Numerous educational institutions recommend us, including Oxford University and Michigan State University and University of Missouri. A freelance writer and former part-time Professor of Philosophy at Marist College, New York, Joshua J. These activities were not appreciated by the Spartans, who were already tired of Athenian arrogance, and the greater Athens grew, so did the tensions between the two city-states. The Aetolians began spurring Greek states to jointly revolt under Antiochus' leadership against the Romans, hoping to provoke a war between the two parties. The Classical Period of ancient Greece was a time when the Greeks achieved new heights in art, architecture, theater, and philosophy. was one of two naval battles that marked a turning point in that year's fighting in the war between Rome and Antiochus III. Battle of the Eurymedon: battle between the Persians and Athenians, probably fought in c.468. Once the city-states were firmly under Persian control again, and Cimon defeated, Asia Minor would have served well in launching a third invasion of Greece. What, exactly, did happen after the battle is unclear. [29] Antiochus withdrew his armies from Thrace, while simultaneously offering to cover half of the Roman war expenses and accept the demands made in Lysimachia in 196 BC. [27] Polyxenidas thus found himself isolated, as he was unable to face the Romans at sea without significant reinforcements. [16] During the course of 190 BC, Hannibal had focused his attention on building the Cilician fleet from scratch, his first major military command after spending five years in the Seleucid court. He had come to Asia Minor to help the Ionian Greeks and was now free to liberate whatever cities he wanted to up the coast of Asia Minor from Caria onwards without having to worry about any Persian opposition. [28] In September, when Aemilius dispatched a part of his fleet to the Hellespont in order to assist the Roman army in its invasion of Asia Minor, Polyxenidas seized the opportunity to attack the Romans at sea. 468 BCE. The battle of Pedasus or Pedasa (497 or 496 BC) was the third in a series of battles between the Persians and Carian rebels during the Ionian Revolt, and was a major Persian defeat that effectively ended their first large scale counterattack against the rebels.. As a result, he was dismissed and ostracized from Athens in 461 BC; however, he was recalled from his exile before the end of his ten-year ostracism to broker a five-year peace treaty in 451 … Ancient History Encyclopedia, 03 Mar 2020. The Battle of the Eurymedon (c. 466 BCE, also given as the Battle of the Eurymedon River) was a military engagement between the Greeks of the Delian League and the forces of the Achaemenid Empire toward the end of the reign of Xerxes I (r. 486-465 BCE). Eudamus commanded the Rhodian seaward wing, Pamphilidas led the center and Charikleitos commanded the landward wing. The Classical Period began with the Greek victory over the Persians and a new feeling of self-confidence in the Greek world. [23], Hannibal's fleet assumed battle formation first, with Hannibal leading the seaward wing while Seleucid nobleman Apollonius commanded the landward wing. Some Rights Reserved (2009-2020) under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license unless otherwise noted. The Battle of the Eurymedon was a double battle, taking place both on water and land, between the Delian League of Athens and her Allies, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I. While Antiochus' cavalry overpowered his adversaries on the right flank of the battlefield, his army's center collapsed before he could reinforce it. Eumenes managed to throw the Seleucid left flank into disarray. The Gigantes were a race of giants borne out of the battle between Uranus and Kronos All three narratives make clear that the battle was a complete victory for Cimon; the Persian forces were unable to regroup or counterattack at any time afterwards. 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