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The Battle of Pydna - Rome versus the Greeks:

Date: June 12, 168 BCE

Forces: Romans: 37,000

Greeks: 42,000

CASUALTIES: Romans: Fewer than 1,000 killed

Greeks: 20,000 killed, 11,000 captured

"Pydna was the battle that sealed Rome's domination of Greece. It involved a Roman force led by Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonius and the Greek army led by King Perseus. The two forces camped on ... a stream: following initial clashes, Perseus marched his whole army across the water... At first the Greek phalanx had the better of it... as the Greeks advanced, however, they began to lose formation... in close combat the Greek's unweildy sarissas were useless... no match for the Roman's brutally efficient short swords... The Roman's victory was total."

NOTE: I am quoting from the book "Battle: A Visual Journey Through 5,000 Years of Combat" by R. G. Grant, in case you'd like to know where my sources are. (http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Visual-Journey-Through-Combat/dp/0756655781/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1296858229&sr=8-1)