Second Syrian War

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The Second Syrian War was a Hellenistic-era conflict (c. 260–253 BC) between the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Seleucid Empire over control of territories in Coele-Syria and the eastern Mediterranean.

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Generate an image of the Second Syrian War (The Second Syrian War was a Hellenistic-era conflict (c. 260–253 BC) between the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Seleucid Empire over control of territories in Coele-Syria and the eastern Mediterranean.)

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Second Syrian War canonical 12

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic war ⓘ
war ⓘ
belligerent Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
cause competition for control of Coele-Syria ⓘ
struggle for dominance in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
chronologicalContext Hellenistic period ⓘ
conflictBetween Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
conflictOver Coele-Syria ⓘ
eastern Mediterranean territories ⓘ
documentedBy ancient historians of the Hellenistic period ⓘ
endTime circa 253 BC ⓘ
followedBy Third Syrian War ⓘ
follows First Syrian War ⓘ
hasConsequence intensification of Ptolemaic–Seleucid hostilities ⓘ
prelude to Third Syrian War ⓘ
shift in balance of power in Asia Minor ⓘ
hasMainTheater Aegean Sea ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
Coele-Syria ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
linked to: Levantine Sea
hasOutcome Ptolemaic retention of most Coele-Syria ⓘ
Ptolemaic territorial losses in Asia Minor ⓘ
Seleucid gains in Asia Minor ⓘ
marriage alliance between Antiochus II and Berenice Syra ⓘ
hasParticipant Greek city-states in Asia Minor ⓘ
Ptolemaic navy ⓘ
Seleucid navy ⓘ
involves Antiochus II Theos ⓘ
Ephesus ⓘ
Miletus ⓘ
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ⓘ
Rhodes ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
partOf Syrian Wars ⓘ
relatedTo Ptolemaic–Seleucid rivalry ⓘ
rulerOfBelligerent Antiochus II Theos ⓘ
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ⓘ
startTime circa 260 BC ⓘ
timePeriod 3rd century BC ⓘ
treatyOrAgreement peace settlement involving marriage of Antiochus II to Berenice Syra ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ptolemaic Kingdom → conflict → Second Syrian War ⓘ
Syrian Wars → hasPart → Second Syrian War ⓘ
Ptolemy II Philadelphus → engagedIn → Second Syrian War ⓘ
Third Syrian War → precededBy → Second Syrian War ⓘ
Seleucid navy → engagedInConflict → Second Syrian War ⓘ
Antiochus II Theos → conflict → Second Syrian War ⓘ
First Syrian War → followedBy → Second Syrian War ⓘ
Egyptian–Syrian frontier → conflict → Second Syrian War ⓘ
Battle of Ephesus (c. 258 BC) → conflictOf → Second Syrian War ⓘ
Battle of Ephesus (c. 258 BC) → partOf → Second Syrian War ⓘ