What is the stem of the Syrian war?

The cause of the Syrian war is mainly the military conflict between Rome and King Antioch III of Seleucus in Greece, Aegean Sea and Asia Minor. The Syrian War refers to the Roman-Syrian War (192- 188), also known as the Antioch War or the Syrian War.

Because the kingdom of Macedonia was defeated by Rome in the Second Macedonian War, Antioch III thought it was a good opportunity to expand into Greece. From 196, these two forces gradually confronted each other under the table, and tried to form an alliance with many small Greek forces to expand their influence in Greece, which eventually triggered the Roman-Syrian war.

In the end, the war was completely won by Rome, and Antioch III was forced to sign the Peace of Apamia, which made Seleucide cede Asia Minor to Rome's allies, further confirmed Rome's hegemonic position in Greece, and made Rome the only first-class power in the Mediterranean.

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After landing in Greece, Antioch III hoped that other Greek forces could join the anti-Roman alliance. However, in return, the Achaia League declared war on him, and even Philip V of Macedonia was willing to help Rome, which made Macedonia, the most powerful country on the Greek Peninsula, possibly become Antioch's opponent.

Although some progress was made in the early stage of the war, six months after Antioch landed in Greece, Rome completed the preliminary preparations for the war and sent two Roman legions to Greece, bypassing Etoria and entering Thessaly. At the same time, the Macedonian army also entered Thessaly, and Antioch III hoped to resist the Roman army at the hot spring pass.

However, the result of Wenquanguan campaign caused heavy losses to his army, so that Antioch III could only retreat to Asia Minor, and the isolated Ethiopian alliance could only surrender to Rome after the Ethiopian war.

Although Seleucu had a powerful navy in the Aegean Sea, Rome formed a huge fleet under the alliance with Pagama and Rhode Island, and defeated Seleucu's navy in the Battle of Cortsk.

In BC 19 1 year, the Roman Union fleet blocked the ports along the coast of Asia Minor. Antioch III tried to rebuild his navy, and even sent Hannibal, a Carthaginian star, to Phoenicia to set up a fleet to prevent Roman troops from crossing the Aegean Sea. He also hoped to defeat the Roman Union fleet in the naval battle and disperse the allies, and then break them one by one.

Like Antioch's plan, the Roman Union fleet was raided by the Seleucus fleet, and Rhode Island lost a large number of ships, which made Pagama Wang Ou Menes II send troops to the North Aegean Sea to support the army's actions, leaving Rome and Rhode Island to continue to monitor the Seleucus fleet in Samos, and the Roman Coalition forces were dispersed.

However, Hannibal's fleet was intercepted by the Rhode Island fleet on its way to the Daniil Strait, and was finally defeated in the Battle of Olmidon. In desperation, Antioch III had to bet on the rest of the fleet and was defeated again in the Battle of Saskatchewan, Mioni in 190.

After winning a series of naval battles, the Roman army could cross the Da Daniil Strait into Asia without scruple, and Antioch III also assembled a huge army to deal with it. Although Antioch intended to accept the conditions of pre-war Rome to avoid war, it was too late. The two sides fought in the Battle of Magnesia, and the commander of the Roman army was Scipio Africanus's younger brother Loukis Corneli uz and Titus of Scipio.

Although Antioch III succeeded in breaking the left wing of the Roman allied forces, the left wing of his own Seleuc army was defeated, so that the central infantry phalanx was attacked by the allied forces, and Seleuc army suffered more than half casualties. Antioch can only accept the fact that the war has failed. After this war, Loukis won the title of "Conquering Asia".