Syrian Wars
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The Syrian Wars were a series of six wars between the Seleucid Empire and the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, successor states to Alexander the Great's empire, during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC over the
Coele-Syria, the site where much of the wars took place
Sidon coinage of Antiochus IV, depicting a victorious galley.
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
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Ptolemy II Philadelphus was the pharaoh and basileus of the Ptolemaic Kingdom from 284 to 246 BC. He was the son of Ptolemy I, the Macedonian general of Alexander the Great who founded the Ptolemaic K
Syrian Wars
…did not take any military action to reclaim the region. Once both were dead, however, their successors became embroiled in war. A decade into his rule, Ptolemy II faced Antiochus I, the Seleucid king who was trying to expand his empire's holdings in Syria and Anatolia. Ptolemy proved to be a forceful ruler and…
Bust of Ptolemy II, National Archaeological Museum, Naples
Ptolemy II and Arsinoe II depicted on the Gonzaga Cameo in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.
Coin of Antiochus I
Coin of Antigonus II