{"slug": "coele-syria", "label": "Coele-Syria", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coele-Syria", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1123749", "qid": "Q1123749", "description": "region of Syria in classical antiquity", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [-310, -62], "span_label": ["311 BCE", "63 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 8}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "antiochus-iii-the-great", "label": "Antiochus III the Great", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "seleucid", "label": "Seleucid", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "palestine-region", "label": "Palestine (region)", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "ancient-egypt", "label": "Ancient Egypt", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ptolemy-vi-philometor", "label": "Ptolemy VI Philometor", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ptolemy-i-soter", "label": "Ptolemy I Soter", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "demetrius-poliorcetes", "label": "Demetrius Poliorcetes", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "antigonus-i-monophthalmus", "label": "Antigonus I Monophthalmus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-republic", "label": "Roman Republic", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "judea", "label": "Judea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pompey", "label": "Pompey", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -310, "year_label": "311 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Ptolemy tries to occupy Syria; he himself campaigns in Coele Syria (southern Syria) while he sends Killes, one of his generals, into northern Syria to finish off the remnants of Demetrius Poliorcetes' army. Demetrius defeats Killes at Myus and Antigonus enters Syria in force. So, after only a few months, Ptolemy evacuates his forces from Syria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1230109286#Asia_Minor/Syria/Palestina", "title": "311 BC", "revid": 1230109286, "section": "Events › By place › Asia Minor/Syria/Palestina"}}, {"year": -216, "year_label": "217 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Although holding the initiative after the Battle of Raphia, Ptolemy IV, on his chief minister Sosibius' advice, negotiates a peace, and the Seleucid army withdraws from Coele Syria. Antiochus III gives up all his conquests except the city of Seleucia-in-Pieria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1306223252#Egypt", "title": "217 BC", "revid": 1306223252, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -201, "year_label": "202 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "During this period of confusion and change amongst Egypt’s leadership, armies under the Seleucid king, Antiochus III, make serious inroads into the Egyptian territories in Coele-Syria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1278127245#Egypt", "title": "202 BC", "revid": 1278127245, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -199, "year_label": "200 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Antiochus III's forces continue their invasion of Coele Syria and Palestine.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360771623#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "200 BC", "revid": 1360771623, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -197, "year_label": "198 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Battle of Panium is fought between Seleucid forces led by Antiochus III and Ptolemaic forces led by Scopas of Aetolia. The Seleucids win the battle which allows Antiochus III to obtain entire possession of Palestine and Coele-Syria from King Ptolemy V of Egypt. Though the Romans send ambassadors to Ptolemy V, they are unable to lend him any serious assistance against Antiochus III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352698641#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "198 BC", "revid": 1352698641, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -174, "year_label": "175 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "During this period of uncertainty in Syria, the Egyptian ruler, Ptolemy VI, lays claim to Coele Syria, Palestine, and Phoenicia, which the Seleucid king Antiochus III has previously conquered. Both the Syrian and Egyptian parties appeal to Rome for help, but the Roman Senate refuses to take sides.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361124288#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "175 BC", "revid": 1361124288, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -169, "year_label": "170 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "With the guardians of the young king Ptolemy VI Philometor demanding the return of Coele-Syria to Egyptian control, the Seleucid king, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, decides on a preemptive strike against Egypt and invades the country, conquering all but the city of Alexandria. He is also able to capture Ptolemy VI.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1289094585#Egypt", "title": "170 BC", "revid": 1289094585, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -147, "year_label": "148 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Demetrius II Nicator, claimant to the Seleucid throne had challenged Alexander Balas, in view of the threat of such an invasion Ptolemy VI Philometor entered Coele-Syria, passing through the cities of Ashdod and Jaffa, to Ptolemais.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341236547#Hellenistic_Egypt", "title": "148 BC", "revid": 1341236547, "section": "Events › By place › Hellenistic Egypt"}}, {"year": -62, "year_label": "63 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Pompey conquers the people of Phonecia, Coele-Syria, and Judea for the Roman Republic.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1209877827#Roman_Republic", "title": "63 BC", "revid": 1209877827, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}]}