Coele-Syria

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ancient geographical region historical region

Coele-Syria was a historical region of the ancient Near East, roughly corresponding to parts of modern Syria and Lebanon, that was frequently contested between the Ptolemaic and Seleucid kingdoms.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Coele-Syria canonical 21
Hellenistic Syria 2
Coele-Syria (for part of his reign) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borders Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Arabia

Judea ⓘ
Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form: Phoenicia
contestedBy Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
contestedIn Syrian Wars ⓘ
hasCity Antioch ⓘ
Berytus ⓘ
Damascus ⓘ
Laodicea in Syria ⓘ
surface form: Laodicea

Ptolemais ⓘ
Sidon ⓘ
Tyre ⓘ
hasSubregion Galilee ⓘ
Judea ⓘ
Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form: Phoenicia

Samaria ⓘ
knownFor being contested between Ptolemaic Kingdom and Seleucid Empire ⓘ
languageOfName Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Ancient Near East ⓘ
surface form: ancient Near East
mentionedIn Hellenistic historical sources ⓘ
works of Josephus ⓘ
works of Polybius ⓘ
nameMeaning Hollow Syria ⓘ
partOf Hellenistic period ⓘ
surface form: Hellenistic world

Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemaic sphere of influence

Seleucid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Seleucid sphere of influence

Syrian region ⓘ
religion Hellenistic cults ⓘ
local Semitic cults ⓘ
polytheism ⓘ
roughlyCorrespondsTo parts of modern Lebanon ⓘ
parts of modern Syria ⓘ
strategicImportance access to Mediterranean ports ⓘ
control of land route between Egypt and Mesopotamia ⓘ
fertile agricultural areas ⓘ
timePeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
late Classical antiquity ⓘ
underControlOf Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
usedAs administrative designation in Hellenistic period ⓘ
geopolitical term in ancient historiography ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

Donations of Alexandria → awardedTerritory → Coele-Syria ⓘ
Antiochus III the Great → territorialExpansion → Coele-Syria ⓘ
Bacchides → regionOfActivity → Coele-Syria ⓘ
Syrian Wars → mainTheater → Coele-Syria ⓘ
Syrian Wars → territorialDisputeOver → Coele-Syria ⓘ
Second Syrian War → conflictOver → Coele-Syria ⓘ
Second Syrian War → hasMainTheater → Coele-Syria ⓘ
Seventh Syrian War → location → Coele-Syria ⓘ
Ptolemy III Euergetes → territorialControl → Coele-Syria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coele-Syria (for part of his reign)
Third Syrian War → location → Coele-Syria ⓘ
Fourth Syrian War → locatedIn → Coele-Syria ⓘ
Fourth Syrian War → mainTheater → Coele-Syria ⓘ
Fourth Syrian War → conflictForControlOf → Coele-Syria ⓘ
Ptolemy V Epiphanes → lostRegion → Coele-Syria ⓘ
Fifth Syrian War → foughtIn → Coele-Syria ⓘ
Fifth Syrian War → historicalRegionInvolved → Coele-Syria ⓘ
Roman Syria → administrativeDivision → Coele-Syria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syria Coele
Roman Syria → administrativeDivision → Coele-Syria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syria Phoenice
Aradus → regionInAntiquity → Coele-Syria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syro-Phoenicia
Cyrrhus → locatedIn → Coele-Syria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenistic Syria
Iturea → neighboringRegion → Coele-Syria ⓘ
Battle of Panium → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Coele-Syria ⓘ
Hamath → nearbyRegion → Coele-Syria ⓘ
Epiphania → hasHistoricalRegion → Coele-Syria ⓘ
Treaty with Chandragupta Maurya → countryInvolved → Coele-Syria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenistic Syria
Augustan wars → hasLocation → Coele-Syria ⓘ
Tryphon → activeInRegion → Coele-Syria ⓘ