The members of the coalition against Antigonus…

The members of the coalition against Antigonus Monopthalmus after his battle death in 301 had assigned all Syria to Seleucus, after what they regarded as Ptolemy's desertion, and for the next hundred years, the question of the ownership of southern Syria (i.e., Palestine) will produce recurring warfare between the Seleucid and Ptolemaic dynasties.

One of the cities over which they fight is Ashqelon, which becomes known during this period by its Hellenized name of Ascalon, a name it will retain throughout the era of the Crusades.

Similarly, …