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How did the Seleucid empire become a purely inland state under Antiochus III?

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He also lost a number of naval engagements, and in 188 he was forced to give up all his territory W of the Taurus. Thus the Seleucid empire became a purely inland Asian state, and dreams of reviving Alexander's empire died.

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