Syrian Wars

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Hellenistic wars series of wars

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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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Syrian Wars canonical 13
Syrian War 2
First Syrian War 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic wars ⓘ
series of wars ⓘ
cause control of Coele-Syria ⓘ
dynastic rivalry ⓘ
conflictBetween Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
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 ⓘ
First Syrian War ⓘ
Fourth Syrian War ⓘ
Second Syrian War ⓘ
Sixth Syrian War ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Ptolemy III Euergetes ⓘ
Ptolemy IV Philopator ⓘ
Ptolemy V Epiphanes ⓘ
Ptolemy VI Philometor ⓘ
notableSeleucidRulerInvolved Antiochus I ⓘ
surface form: Antiochus I Soter

Antiochus II Theos ⓘ
Antiochus III the Great ⓘ
Antiochus IV Epiphanes ⓘ
Seleucus II Callinicus ⓘ
outcome gradual Seleucid gains in Coele-Syria ⓘ
partOf Hellenistic period ⓘ
primaryBelligerent Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form: Phoenicia
thirdWarEndTime 241 BC ⓘ
thirdWarStartTime 246 BC ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Ptolemaic Kingdom → conflict → Syrian Wars ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom → conflict → Syrian Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Syrian War
Appian’s Roman History → includesBook → Syrian Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriaca (Syrian Wars)
Seleucid Empire → conflict → Syrian Wars ⓘ
Second Syrian War → partOf → Syrian Wars ⓘ
Seventh Syrian War → partOf → Syrian Wars ⓘ
Third Syrian War → partOf → Syrian Wars ⓘ
Fourth Syrian War → partOf → Syrian Wars ⓘ
Fifth Syrian War → partOf → Syrian Wars ⓘ
Sixth Syrian War → conflictType → Syrian Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syrian War
Sixth Syrian War → partOf → Syrian Wars ⓘ
Coele-Syria → contestedIn → Syrian Wars ⓘ
Ptolemaic navy → conflict → Syrian Wars ⓘ
Seleucid navy → engagedInConflict → Syrian Wars ⓘ
Battle of Panium → relatedConflict → Syrian Wars ⓘ
Treaty of Apamea → endedConflict → Syrian Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syrian War
Battle of Raphia → relatedTo → Syrian Wars ⓘ