Zeuxis (general)

Zeuxis (

Ancient Greek: Zεῦξις Κυνάγου Μακεδών; Greek pronunciation: [zdêuksis]) was a general and official in the service of the Seleucid king Antiochus III the Great at the end of the 3rd century BC. He led the royal forces in Mesopotamia against the rebel Molon, served as the governor of cis-Tauric Asia Minor from 213 BC onwards, and was a general at the Battle of Magnesia. After that defeat he went to Rome

to negotiate a peace.

Career

Zeuxis, son of Kynagos, was engaged in 221 BC in the war with

Seleucia on the Tigris.^[4]

It is this same Zeuxis whom we find satrap of Lydia under Antiochus the Great.^[5] In the winter of 201-200 BC, Philip V of Macedon, when at war with Attalus, applied to Zeuxis for wheat provisions, which he supplied.^[6]. He is well attested by inscriptions in his capacity as vice-roy of Asia Minor.^[7]

In the decisive

Scipio Asiaticus and Scipio Africanus to sue for peace, on which mission he proceeded to Rome.^[9] However, by then, the Seleucid position in Anatolia had been so undermined by the campaign of Gnaeus Vulso that Zeuxis and his fellow ambassador, Antipatros, had little choice but to accept the border on the Taurus.^[10]

References

Appian, The foreign wars, Horace White (translator), New York, (1899)
Evelyn S. Shuckburgh (translator); London - New York
, (1889)

Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Zeuxis", Boston, (1867)

Notes

^ Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Zeuxis", p1324
^ Polybius, v. 46
^ Polybius, v. 51
^ Polybius, v. 45-60
^ Polybius, xxi. 13
^ Polybius, xvi. 1, 24
^ J. and L. Robert, Fouilles d'Amyzon en Carie I (Paris, 1983); P. Gauthier, Nouvelles Inscriptions de Sardes II (Paris and Geneva, 1989)
^ Appian, "The Syrian Wars", 33
^ Polybius, xxi. 13, 14, xxii. 7; Livy, History of Rome, xxxvii. 41 Archived March 9, 2003, at the Wayback Machine, 45 Archived March 8, 2003, at the Wayback Machine
^ The Roman War of Antiochos the Great (Mnemosyne, Supplements) [Hardcover] John D. Grainger p345

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[1] Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Zeuxis", p1324

[poly_5.46-2] Polybius, v. 46

[poly_5.51-3] Polybius, v. 51

[poly_5.45-60-4] Polybius, v. 45-60

[poly_21.13-5] Polybius, xxi. 13

[poly_16.1_24-6] Polybius, xvi. 1, 24

[7] J. and L. Robert, Fouilles d'Amyzon en Carie I (Paris, 1983); P. Gauthier, Nouvelles Inscriptions de Sardes II (Paris and Geneva, 1989)

[app_33-8] Appian, "The Syrian Wars", 33

[poly_21.13_14_22.7_livy_37.41_45-9] Polybius, xxi. 13, 14, xxii. 7; Livy, History of Rome, xxxvii. 41 Archived March 9, 2003, at the Wayback Machine, 45 Archived March 8, 2003, at the Wayback Machine

[Grain-345-10] The Roman War of Antiochos the Great (Mnemosyne, Supplements) [Hardcover] John D. Grainger p345

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