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Elasa (Gr****: Ελάσα) is an
island that can be
found northeast of
Crete in the
Aegean Sea,
about 3.5
nautical miles (6.5 kilometres; 4.0 miles) from the...
- The
Battle of
Elasa was
fought in
April 160 BCE
during the
Maccabean Revolt between Judean rebels led by
Judas Maccabeus (Judah Maccabee) and an army...
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break with the Seleucids.
Judas Maccabeus died in 160 BCE at the
Battle of
Elasa against the Gr****
general Bacchides, and the
Seleucids reestablished direct...
- opportunity. However,
Judah decided to
stand his ground. In the
Battle of
Elasa,
Judah and
those who
remained faithful to him were killed. His body was...
- commodities.
there were a
minimum of 200
bullock carts came from
Pandiya Elasa Naadu to
Kottaru harbour to
cross to the
Kottaru market and to
Vaniga Vizhai...
- East Turkey.
Telescopus fallax pallidus (Stepanek, 1944) - Crete, Gavdos,
Elasa and
Christiana Islands.
Telescopus fallax syriacus (Boettger, 1880) - Lebanon...
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defeated and
killed the
rebel leader Judas Maccabaeus at the
Battle of
Elasa in 160 BC,
restoring Seleucid control to the
province for a
number of years...
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Anavatis Arnaouti Aspros Volakas Avgo
Crete Daskaleia Dia
Diapori Dionysades Elasa Ftena Trachylia Glaronisi Gramvousa Grandes Kalydon (Spinalonga) Karavi...
- sqq.
Maccabeus was
eventually killed by the
Seleucids at the
Battle of
Elasa,
where he
faced "twenty
thousand foot
soldiers and two
thousand cavalry"...
- the
forces of
Nicanor after killing him
early in the battle.
Battle of
Elasa:
Judas dies in
battle against the army of Bacchides. He is
succeeded by...
