Event War between the Seleucid Kingdom and Pergamon (227 BC)

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Was a war between the Kingdom of Pergamon and the Seleucid Kingdom where Pergamon gained control over all of Seleucid Asia Minor north of the Taurus Mountains.

Chronology

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  • January 219 BC: Within two years he recovered the lost territories and forced Attalus within the walls of Pergamon.
  • January 227 BC: Pergamon was again attacked by the Gauls together with their ally Antiochus Hierax, the younger brother of Seleucus II Callinicus, and ruler of Seleucid Asia Minor from his capital at Sardis. Attalus defeated the Gauls and Antiochus at the battle of Aphrodisium and again at a second battle in the east. Pergamon gained control over all of Seleucid Asia Minor north of the Taurus Mountains.
  • January 228 BC: In the Battle of the Harpasus in Caria in 229 BC. Attalus won a decisive battle and Antiochus left to start a campaign in Mesopotamia. He gained control over Seleucid territories in Asia Minor north of the Taurus Mountains.