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Group: Illinois, Territory of (U.S.A.)
People: Murasaki Shikibu
Topic: Dunbar, Battle of
Location: Juba Central Equatoria South Sudan

Ptolemy II Philadelphus, the second Macedonian king …

Years: 279BCE - 279BCE

Ptolemy II Philadelphus, the second Macedonian king of Egypt, attacks the Syrian forces of Antiochos at their capital, Damascus, badly defeating them in 279 and gaining a sizable amount of territory in Palestine.