Antiochus, following the defection of one of…
219 BCE
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 …