Tag: Ptolemaic

171: Syria Five

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Coin featuring the young Ptolemy V, via Wikimedia

Following his return from Mesopotamia and Arabia, Antiochus the Great was poised to begin a Fifth Syrian War with the goal of conquering Koile Syria. To prepare for this, he would settle Anatolia, fully annex Armenia, and forge a secret alliance with Philip V of Macedon. Then it was time to plunge the eastern Mediterranean back into a storm of conflict that would ultimately bring a new power into the Hellenistic World.
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166: Meet the Egyptians

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Gold tetradrachm featuring Ptolemy IV Philopator via Wikimedia

Following the Fourth Syrian War, Ptolemy IV Philopator went back to Egypt to enjoy his victory and leave administration to his advisers, at least until native Egyptian revolts brought Egypt’s royal party to a screeching halt.
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165: Syrian War

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Army formations and movements at the Battle of Raphia, via Wikimedia

After defeating Molon and Alexander in the Upper Satrapies, Antiochus III arranged or accepted the assassination of Hermeias before resuming the Fourth Syrian War against Egypt. The Seleucids rise to new heights as they approach the Battle of Raphia.
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162: The Great Revolt

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Gold Stater depicting Antiochus III via Wikimedia

The Seleucid narrative is back, and Antiochus III is the new king. Fresh off the death of his father and brother, the young Antiochus found himself pulled in three different directions by his nobles as rebellions, wars, and scheming advisers took their toll on the Empire.
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161: Meet the Neighbors Speed Round

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Map of key locations in the Cleomenean War via Wikimedia

Prepare for a return to the narrative with a quick round of catch up with the Seleucids’ neighbors: Egypt, Macedon, India, and surprisingly, Sparta one last time before the famed warriors of Ancient Greece fade into history.
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156: Babylon Drift

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Silver tetradrachm coin featuring Seleukos II Kallinikos, complete with beard, via Wikimedia

With Babylonia and the Seleucis of Syria under Ptolemaic occupation, it’s entirely possible that the only thing that saved Seleucus II was an Egyptian famine. Free to go on the offensive, Seleucus turned the tide of the Third Syrian War.
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155: The War of the Mothers

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Gold octodrachm coin depicting Ptolemy III Euergetes via Wikimedia

Antiochus II Theos was dead and his wives, Laodike and Berenike, were both trying to get their sons on the Seleucid throne. Both sides called on their relatives, the Achaeids and Ptolemies, to plunder and retake the vulnerable Empire.
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153: Blood Relations

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Antiochus II’s probable tomb, the Belevi Mausoleum via Wikimedia

It’s time to wind down Antiochus II Theos and talk about his extended royal family, from his various siblings spread out across the Hellenistic world to the powerful cousins entrenched in Anatolia. Then we’ll wrap up with his two wives, Laodike and Berenike, and their three sons, Seleucus, Antiochus, and Antiochus.
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