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Battle of Pydna | |||||||
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Part of the Third Macedonian War | |||||||
![]() Dispositions prior to the battle | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Roman Republic | Macedon | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lucius Aemilius Paullus P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica | Perseus (POW) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
38,600 men ● 2,600 cavalry 22 war elephants |
43,000 men ● 4,000 cavalry | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown |
31,000 •20,000 killed •11,000 captured |
The Battle of Pydna took place in 168 BC between Rome and Macedon during the Third Macedonian War. The battle saw the further ascendancy of Rome in the Hellenistic world and the end of the Antigonid line of kings, whose power traced back to Alexander the Great.[1] The battle is also considered to be a victory of the Roman legion's manipular system's flexibility over the Macedonian phalanx's rigidity.[2]