Regional161 BCE

Battle of Capharsalma

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Israel

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Capharsalma (161 BCE), part of the Maccabean War. Maccabean Jewish Rebels defeated Seleucid Empire.

Belligerents2

Maccabean Jewish Rebels
Seleucid Empire

ON THE MAPSeleucid Empire

Conflict graph

PART OFMaccabean Revolt

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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