First Syrian War

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The First Syrian War was an early 3rd-century BC conflict between the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Seleucid Empire over control of Coele-Syria and surrounding territories.

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Label Occurrences
First Syrian War canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic war
war
belligerent Ptolemaic Kingdom NERFINISHED
Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED
commander Antiochus I Soter NERFINISHED
Ptolemy II Philadelphus NERFINISHED
conflictBetween Ptolemaic Kingdom NERFINISHED
Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED
conflictType territorial war
dynastyInvolved Ptolemaic dynasty NERFINISHED
Seleucid dynasty NERFINISHED
endTime 271 BC
era post-Alexandrian era
followedBy Second Syrian War NERFINISHED
follows Wars of the Diadochi NERFINISHED
hasCause control of Coele-Syria
territorial disputes between Ptolemaic Kingdom and Seleucid Empire
hasLocation Aegean Sea NERFINISHED
Anatolia NERFINISHED
Asia Minor NERFINISHED
Coele-Syria NERFINISHED
Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED
Levant NERFINISHED
hasParticipant Greek city-states in Asia Minor
Ptolemaic Egypt NERFINISHED
Ptolemaic fleet NERFINISHED
Seleucid Syria NERFINISHED
Seleucid army NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Hellenistic Anatolia NERFINISHED
Hellenistic Middle East NERFINISHED
languageContext Greek
mainTheater Coele-Syria NERFINISHED
notableFor early confrontation between Ptolemaic and Seleucid dynasties
partOf Hellenistic period NERFINISHED
Syrian Wars NERFINISHED
relatedTo Eastern Mediterranean power balance
Ptolemaic–Seleucid rivalry
result Ptolemaic victory
resultedIn Ptolemaic control of Coele-Syria
confirmation of Ptolemaic naval supremacy in the Aegean
startTime 274 BC
territoryContested Coele-Syria NERFINISHED
Palestine NERFINISHED
southern Syria
timePeriod 3rd century BC

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Syrian Wars hasPart First Syrian War
Ptolemy II Philadelphus engagedIn First Syrian War
Second Syrian War follows First Syrian War
Seleucid navy engagedInConflict First Syrian War