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When was the Battle of Panium really?

Started by Dave Beatty, October 26, 2017, 01:08:35 AM

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Dave Beatty

I am getting two dates - 200 BC if you read Brassey and 198 per Dupuy or Kohn.

Patrick Waterson

Or 201 BC in the Perseus translation of Polybius.

General consensus however seems to be 200 BC, with Gaza subsequently taken in 198 BC after a siege.  I would go with 200 BC.
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