demetrias

Updated: June 9, 2025

As Antiochus had made no provision for any case and had not thought of retreat, the army was destroyed partly on the field of battle, partly during its flight; with difficulty a small band reached Demetrias, and the king himself escaped to Chalcis with 500 men.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book III : From the Union of Italy to the Subjugation of Carthage and the Greek States

Thus the Larissans enjoyed a twofold happiness, both because the enemy had departed from their country, and because they saw a Roman garrison within their city. Antiochus went from Demetrias to Chalcis, where he became captivated with a young woman, daughter of Cleoptolemus.

Livy - The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36