Battle of Ecbatana Antiochus then dispersed his army into their winter quarters. However, the cities soon revolted against their presence. Phraates exploited the situation and attacked him as he marched to reinforce a garrison, inflicting a crushing defeat upon him at the Battle of Ecbatana. During the battle, Antiochus VII was killed and his royal guard was annihilated. After this, the rest of his army was largely destroyed, and the remainder was captured and folded into Parthian ranks. This battle marked the decisive and final defeat for the Seleucid Empire by the Parthians and ended the Hellenistic period in Iran. Battle of Ecbatana
Lixus (ancient city) was undertaken to study the Roman mosaics of the site, which constitute a very rich unit. Lixus was on a surface of approximately . The excavated zones constitute approximately 20% of the total surface of the site. This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on July 1, 1995 in the Cultural category. Lixus (ancient city) Lixus is the site of an ancient Roman-Berber-Punic city located in Morocco, just north of the modern seaport of Larache on the bank of the Loukkos River. The location was one of the main cities of the Roman province of Mauretania