…Antiochus, secretly allied to Philip V, initiates …
Years: 202BCE - 202BCE
…Antiochus, secretly allied to Philip V, initiates the Fifth Syrian-Egyptian War by invading Palestine in 202 to reconquer what he had lost at Raphia.
During the confusion in Egypt, Antiochus makes serious inroads into Coele Syria.
Ptolemy's forces mount a counteroffensive, capturing Jerusalem.
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People
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- Carthage, Kingdom of
- Roman Republic
- Jews
- Greece, Hellenistic
- Macedon, Antigonid Kingdom of
- Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom of
- Seleucid Empire
