Magnēsia

, a town of Asia Minor on the Mæander, about 15 miles from Ephesus, now called Guzelhizar . It is celebrated for the death of Them is toc les, and for a battle which was fought there 187 years before the christian era, between the Romans and Antiochus king of Syria. The forces of Antiochus amounted to 70,000 men, according to Appian, or 70,000 foot and 12,000 horse, according to Livy, which have been exaggerated by ♦ Florus to 300,000 men; the Roman army consisted of about 28,000 or 30,000 men, 2000 of which were employed in guarding the camp. The Syrians lost 50,000 foot and 4000 horse, and the Romans only 300 killed, with 25 horse. It was founded by a colony from Magnesia in The aly, and was commonly called Magnesia ad Mæandrum , to distinguish it from another called Magnesia ad Sipylum in Lydia, at the foot of mount Sipylus. This last was destroyed by an earthquake in the reign of Tiberius.――A country on the eastern parts of The aly, at the south of O a. It was sometimes called Æmonia and Magnes Campus . The capital was also called Magnesia.――A promontory of Magnesia in The aly. Livy , bk. 37 .— Florus , bk. 2 .— Appian. ♦ ‘Florius’ replaced with ‘Florus’