Siege of Aiginion
| Siege of Aiginion | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of The Third Macedonian War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Roman Republic | Macedonian kindom | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus | Unknow | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 1000 [2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Heavy[2] | ||||||
The siege of Aiginion took place in 168 BC in today's Kalabaka Aiginion was discribed as a town with formidable defenses Aiginions defenses where so strong where so strong that in the year 197 BC the Roman General Titus Quinctius Flamininus chose to bypass the town due to its strong defenses [3] The siege ended in roman victory[4] and the town was destroyed by the romans.[5][6] The romans killed everyone they saw.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ancient Meteora". Visit Meteora. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ a b Chasiotis, Kostas (2014-03-11). "The 3rd Macedonian War and the Fall of Aiginion (168 BC)". Visit Meteora. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
- ^ a b Chasiotis, Kostas (2014-03-11). "The 3rd Macedonian war and the fall of Aiginion (168 BC)". Visit Meteora. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
- ^ Kourelis, Vaggelis (2018-12-19). "Ancient Meteora in the Dawn of History". Visit Meteora (in Greek). Retrieved 2025-02-02.
- ^ "The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, AIGINION Thessaly, Greece". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
- ^ "ToposText". topostext.org. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
Sources
[edit]1. Polybius
2.John Foss 2001, THE THIRD MACEDONIAN WAR and THE BATTLE OF PYDNA (168 BC)
3. Paul K. Davis, 100 Decisive Battles from Ancient Times to the Present: The World’s Major Battles and How They Shaped History (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), 51.
4. Livy’s History of Rome (32,15,4)
5.Plutarch, Aemilius Paullus
6. Monuments of our town: From the ancient Aiginion and the Byzantine Stagoi to our modern town (Kalambaka 2002), 21