battle, ancient

Battle of Aphrodisium

Name: Battle of Aphrodisium
Location: Asia Minor, Turkey

Battle of Aphrodisium was a battle fought in 238 BC at Asia Minor, in what is now Turkey. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Asia Minor. The recorded result: Pergamese victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against Unknown.

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Fought238 BC

WhereAsia Minor, Turkey39.000N, 34.000E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomePergamese victory

BelligerentsPergamonagainstSeleucids; Galatians

Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown

Record

Date	238 BC (year precision)
Place	Asia Minor, Turkey 39.000N, 34.000E
Kind	Battle, ancient
Strength	Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Unknown

Placed at Asia Minor; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Aksaray 1256, 92 km SW
Siege of Caesarea AD 260, 132 km E
Siege of Tyana AD 707, 139 km SE
Battle of Pteria 547 BC, 153 km NE
Battle of Ankara 1402, 156 km NW

Elsewhere in 238 BC

Battle of Aphrodisium is one of 193 engagements of the 3rd century BC in the atlas and one of 687 in present-day Turkey.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q97177627, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Aphrodisium, revision 1370106877, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.