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