Second Syrian War

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Hellenistic war war

The Second Syrian War was a Hellenistic-era conflict (c. 260–253 BC) between the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Seleucid Empire over control of territories in Coele-Syria and the eastern Mediterranean.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Second Syrian War canonical	6

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic war ⓘ war ⓘ
belligerent	Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ Seleucid Empire ⓘ
cause	competition for control of Coele-Syria ⓘ struggle for dominance in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
chronologicalContext	Hellenistic period ⓘ
conflictBetween	Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ Seleucid Empire ⓘ
conflictOver	Coele-Syria ⓘ eastern Mediterranean territories ⓘ
documentedBy	ancient historians of the Hellenistic period ⓘ
endTime	circa 253 BC ⓘ
followedBy	Third Syrian War ⓘ
follows	First Syrian War ⓘ
hasConsequence	intensification of Ptolemaic–Seleucid hostilities ⓘ prelude to Third Syrian War ⓘ shift in balance of power in Asia Minor ⓘ
hasMainTheater	Aegean Sea ⓘ Asia Minor ⓘ Coele-Syria ⓘ Levantine Sea ⓘ surface form: Eastern Mediterranean Sea
hasOutcome	Ptolemaic retention of most Coele-Syria ⓘ Ptolemaic territorial losses in Asia Minor ⓘ Seleucid gains in Asia Minor ⓘ marriage alliance between Antiochus II and Berenice Syra ⓘ
hasParticipant	Greek city-states in Asia Minor ⓘ Ptolemaic navy ⓘ Seleucid navy ⓘ
involves	Antiochus II Theos ⓘ Ephesus ⓘ Miletus ⓘ Ptolemy II Philadelphus ⓘ Rhodes ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources	Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant
partOf	Syrian Wars ⓘ
relatedTo	Ptolemaic–Seleucid rivalry ⓘ
rulerOfBelligerent	Antiochus II Theos ⓘ Ptolemy II Philadelphus ⓘ
startTime	circa 260 BC ⓘ
timePeriod	3rd century BC ⓘ
treatyOrAgreement	peace settlement involving marriage of Antiochus II to Berenice Syra ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ptolemaic Kingdom → conflict → Second Syrian War ⓘ

Syrian Wars → hasPart → Second Syrian War ⓘ

Ptolemy II Philadelphus → engagedIn → Second Syrian War ⓘ

Third Syrian War → precededBy → Second Syrian War ⓘ

Seleucid navy → engagedInConflict → Second Syrian War ⓘ

Antiochus II Theos → conflict → Second Syrian War ⓘ