Antiochus, following the defection of one of …
Years: 219BCE - 219BCE
Antiochus, following the defection of one of Ptolemy’s best commanders, is now free to conduct what will be called the Fourth Syrian War (219–216), and seriously threatens Egypt’s Syro-Palestinian territory, Coele Syria.
When the Seleucid ruler in 219 captures the important eastern Mediterranean sea ports of Seleucia-in-Pieria, Tyre, and …
