Syrian Wars

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The Syrian Wars were a series of Hellenistic-era conflicts between the Seleucid and Ptolemaic kingdoms over control of Coele-Syria and surrounding territories.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
First Syrian War 1
Syriaca (Syrian Wars) 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic wars
series of wars
cause control of Coele-Syria
dynastic rivalry
conflictBetween Ptolemaic Kingdom
Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED
endTime 168 BC
fifthWarEndTime 195 BC
fifthWarStartTime 202 BC
finalOutcome Seleucid control of Coele-Syria after Fifth Syrian War
firstWarEndTime 271 BC
firstWarStartTime 274 BC
fourthWarEndTime 217 BC
fourthWarStartTime 219 BC
hasPart Fifth Syrian War NERFINISHED
First Syrian War
Fourth Syrian War NERFINISHED
Second Syrian War
Sixth Syrian War NERFINISHED
Third Syrian War
historicalRegionInvolved Anatolia
Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: Egypt

Mesopotamia
Syria
influencedBy Macedonian military traditions
languageOfSources Ancient Greek
locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean
Levant region
surface form: Levant
locatedInTime 2nd century BC
3rd century BC
mainTheater Coele-Syria
notablePtolemaicRulerInvolved Ptolemy II Philadelphus NERFINISHED
Ptolemy III Euergetes NERFINISHED
Ptolemy IV Philopator NERFINISHED
Ptolemy V Epiphanes NERFINISHED
Ptolemy VI Philometor NERFINISHED
notableSeleucidRulerInvolved Antiochus I Soter NERFINISHED
Antiochus II Theos NERFINISHED
Antiochus III the Great NERFINISHED
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
Seleucus II Callinicus NERFINISHED
outcome gradual Seleucid gains in Coele-Syria
partOf Hellenistic period
primaryBelligerent Ptolemaic Kingdom NERFINISHED
Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED
relatedTo Diadochi
surface form: Wars of the Diadochi
resultedIn shifts in control of Levantine coastal cities
secondWarEndTime 253 BC
secondWarStartTime 260 BC
sixthWarEndTime 168 BC
sixthWarStartTime 170 BC
startTime 274 BC
territorialDisputeOver Coele-Syria
Palestine NERFINISHED
Phoenician civilization
surface form: Phoenicia
thirdWarEndTime 241 BC
thirdWarStartTime 246 BC

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Ptolemaic Kingdom conflict Syrian Wars
Ptolemaic Kingdom conflict Syrian Wars
this entity surface form: First Syrian War
Seleucid Empire conflict Syrian Wars
this entity surface form: Syriaca (Syrian Wars)