Battle of the Arius

Date	208 BC
Location	Arius River (Modern day Hari River, Afghanistan)
Result	Seleucid victory

Belligerents

Seleucid Empire

Greco-Bactrian Kingdom

Commanders and leaders

Antiochus III the Great

Euthydemus I

Strength

Cavalry, light-armed troops, 10,000 peltasts

10,000 horsemen

The Battle of the Arius was fought in 208 BC between the Seleucids and the Bactrians. The Seleucids were led by Antiochus III the Great, who launched an invasion of Bactria. He was victorious, and went on to besiege the capital of Bactra (modern-day Balkh.) After a siege lasting three years, a peace was agreed in which Euthydemus was recognized as an ally, obtaining one of Antiochus's daughters as a wife.^[1]

Notes

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References

Polybius: The Histories 10.49.

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Battle of the Arius