# Treaty of Apamea ## Overview The Treaty of Apamea (188 BCE) was imposed by Rome on the Seleucid Empire after the Roman-Seleucid War, effectively ending Seleucid power in Anatolia and establishing Roman dominance in the eastern Mediterranean. @t[=188 BCE] ## Key Facts - Date: 188 BCE @t[=188 BCE] - Parties: Roman Republic and Seleucid Empire (Antiochus III) - Context: Followed the Battle of Magnesia (190 BCE) @t[=190 BCE] ## Terms - Seleucids withdrew from all territory west of the Taurus Mountains - War indemnity of 15,000 Euboic talents of silver: 500 paid immediately, 2,500 on Senate ratification, then 1,000 talents annually for 12 years [^1] - Seleucid navy reduced to 10 warships; all war elephants surrendered - Territory redistributed to Rome's allies: Pergamon received Lydia, Phrygia, Mysia, Pisidia, and Pamphylia; Rhodes received Caria and Lycia [^1] - Antiochus III's son (the future Antiochus IV Epiphanes) taken to Rome as a political hostage [^3] - Seleucids prohibited from expanding west of the Taurus Mountains in perpetuity ## Significance - Marked the end of Seleucid influence in Anatolia - Established Rome as the dominant power in the eastern Mediterranean - Established *philia* (amity) between Rome and the Seleucid dynasty, governing relations for the following half-century [^4] - Weakened the Seleucid Empire, contributing to its eventual fragmentation [^2] --- [^1]: Polybius, *Histories* 21.43 [^2]: Gruen, E. *The Hellenistic World and the Coming of Rome* (1984) [^3]: Wikipedia, "Antiochus IV Epiphanes" — hostage clause of the Treaty of Apamea [^4]: Ma, J. "The Treaty of Apamea and the Later Seleucids," *Antichthon* (2015), Cambridge University Press