Battle of Myonessus

Overview

The Battle of Myonessus took place in September 190 BC. It was fought as part of the Roman–Seleucid War, pitting the fleets of the Roman Republic led by Admiral Lucius Aemilius Regillus and its Rhodian allies under Eudamus against a Seleucid fleet of Polyxenidas.

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Significance

The Battle of Myonessus was a naval engagement of the Roman–Seleucid War, fought in September 190 BC. The Roman fleet under Admiral Lucius Aemilius Regillus, operating alongside Rhodian allied forces commanded by Eudamus, confronted the Seleucid fleet of Polyxenidas. The engagement formed part of the broader Roman effort to contest Seleucid naval power in the eastern Mediterranean during the war, which ran from 191 to 187 BC. Beyond its place in that naval contest, the specific consequences of the battle are not recorded in the available sources.

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