Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Syrian Wars: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Date c. 245 BCE - c. 241 • 219 BCE - 217 • 202 BCE - 200 • c. 260 BCE - c. 253 • 274 BCE - 271
Location Anatolia • Cyclades • Palestine • Phoenicia
Participants Egypt • Macedonia • Seleucid empire

Related Topics and References

Topics

Key People

default image
Arsinoe II
queen of Thrace, Macedonia and Egypt
Seleucid king of the Hellenistic Syrian Empire
Antiochus III the Great
Seleucid king
default image
Antigonus II Gonatas
king of Macedonia
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Macedonian king of Egypt
default image
Antiochus I Soter
Seleucid king
Ptolemy III Euergetes
Ptolemy III Euergetes
Macedonian king of Egypt
default image
Ptolemy V Epiphanes
Macedonian king of Egypt
default image
Ptolemy IV Philopator
Macedonian king of Egypt
default image
Antiochus II Theos
Seleucid king
default image
Seleucus II Callinicus
Seleucid ruler

Related Quizzes

Civil War era cannon overlooks Kennesaw Mountain National Battle. (military, artillery, American history)
Pick Your Battles Quiz
Louis IX of France (St. Louis), stained glass window of Louis IX during the Crusades. (Unknown location.)
World Wars
Temple of Artemis at Jerash, Jordan. (Jarash, Jordan)
Ancient Anatolia
D-Day. American soldiers fire rifles, throw grenades and wade ashore on Omaha Beach next to a German bunker during D Day landing. 1 of 5 Allied beachheads est. in Normandy, France. The Normandy Invasion of World War II launched June 6, 1944.
A History of War