Regional161 BCE

Battle of Elasa

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Israel

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

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

Belligerents2

Seleucid Empire
Jewish Rebels

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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