Battle of the Elephants

For the other battle sometimes known as the Battle of the Elephants, see Battle of Raphia.

The Battle of the Elephants (also Elephant Battle or Elephant Victory) was a military confrontation between the Galatians and the Seleucid Empire in central Anatolia around 275 BC. According to surviving descriptions, the Seleucids, commanded in person by Antiochus I, were victorious over a much larger force on account of their war elephants.

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