Editing Antiochus III the Great (section)

===War against Rome and death===
{{Main|Roman–Seleucid War}}
Antiochus then moved to Asia Minor, by land and by sea, to secure the coast towns which belonged to the remnants of Ptolemaic overseas dominions and the independent Greek cities. This enterprise earned him the antagonism of the [[Roman Republic]], since [[Smyrna]] and [[Lampsacus]] appealed to the Republic, which at the time acted as a defender of Greek freedom. The tension grew when Antiochus in 196 BC established a footing in [[Thrace]]. The evacuation of Greece by the Romans gave Antiochus his opportunity, and he now had the fugitive [[Hannibal]] at his court to urge him on.<ref name="EB1911"/><ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Antiochus|display=Antiochus s.v. Antiochus III.|volume=2|page=132}}</ref>

In 192 BC Antiochus invaded Greece with a 10,000-man army, and was elected the commander in chief of the [[Aetolian League]].<ref name=" Bringmann, Klaus 2007 91 ">{{cite book | author= Bringmann, Klaus |title= A history of the Roman republic |publisher= Polity |year= 2007 |page=91 |isbn= 978-0-7456-3371-8 |quote= The Aetolians called on Antiochus the 'liberate' Greece and to act as arbitrator between them and the Romans. Thereupon the king landed in Demetrias in the late autumn of 192 with a small army, and the Aetolian assembly elected him supreme strategos. His attempt to gather together al those who were dissatisfied with the peace agreement of 196 under the banner of Greek freedom had some success but proved a failure overall. }}</ref> In 191 BC, however, the Romans under [[Manius Acilius Glabrio (consul 191 BC)|Manius Acilius Glabrio]] routed him at [[Battle of Thermopylae (191 BC)|Thermopylae]], forcing him to withdraw to Asia Minor. The Romans followed up their success by invading [[Anatolia]], and the decisive victory of [[Scipio Asiaticus]] at [[Battle of Magnesia|Magnesia ad Sipylum]] (190 BC), following the defeat of Hannibal at sea off [[Side, Turkey|Side]], delivered Asia Minor into their hands.<ref name="EB1911"/>

By the [[Treaty of Apamea]] (188 BC) Antiochus abandoned all the country north and west of the [[Taurus Mountains]], most of which the Roman Republic gave either to Rhodes or to the Attalid ruler [[Eumenes II]], its allies (many Greek cities were left free). As a consequence of this blow to the Seleucid power, the outlying provinces of the empire, recovered by Antiochus, reasserted their independence.<ref name="EB1911"/> Antiochus mounted a fresh eastern expedition in [[Luristan]], where he was killed while pillaging a temple of [[Bel (mythology)|Bel]] at [[Elymais|Elymaïs]], Persia, in 187 BC.<ref name=" Wilson. Nigel Guy 2005 58 "/>