Battle of Panium

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The Battle of Panium was a decisive 200 BC clash between the Seleucid and Ptolemaic kingdoms that secured Seleucid control over Coele-Syria and marked the rise of Antiochus III as a dominant Hellenistic ruler.

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Battle of Panium canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Panion ⓘ
associatedDynasty Ptolemaic dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of Ptolemy

Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seleucid kings
belligerent Aetolian mercenaries ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
commanderPtolemaic Scopas of Aetolia ⓘ
commanderSeleucid Antiochus III ⓘ
Antiochus III the Great ⓘ
conflictBetween Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
contributedTo expansion of Seleucid power in the Near East ⓘ
date 200 BC ⓘ
decisiveFor Seleucid control of Coele-Syria ⓘ
era Hellenistic period ⓘ
followedBy Peace settlement confirming Seleucid control of Coele-Syria ⓘ
geographicalFeature fought near the sources of the Jordan River ⓘ
historicalSignificance ended Ptolemaic hopes of regaining Coele-Syria ⓘ
marked the rise of Antiochus III as a dominant Hellenistic ruler ⓘ
languageOfAlternativeName Greek ⓘ
languageOfName Latin ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalRegion Coele-Syria ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Golan Heights region ⓘ
linked to: Golan Heights
militaryContext struggle for control of Coele-Syria ⓘ
partOf Fourth Syrian War ⓘ
place Panium ⓘ
precedes later campaigns of Antiochus III in Asia Minor and Greece ⓘ
primaryOpponentOfAntiochusIII Ptolemaic Kingdom under Ptolemy V ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom
relatedConflict Syrian Wars ⓘ
relatedRuler Antiochus III the Great ⓘ
Ptolemy V Epiphanes ⓘ
result Seleucid victory ⓘ
strategicImportance secured Coele-Syria for the Seleucid Empire ⓘ
weakened Ptolemaic influence in the Levant ⓘ
tacticalFeature engagement of phalanxes in the plain ⓘ
use of cataphract cavalry on the heights ⓘ
usedTroopTypePtolemaic Aetolian infantry ⓘ
Macedonian phalanx ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
usedTroopTypeSeleucid cataphracts ⓘ
light infantry ⓘ
phalanx ⓘ
year 200 BC ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Antiochus III the Great → battle → Battle of Panium ⓘ
Fifth Syrian War → significantEvent → Battle of Panium ⓘ
Fifth Syrian War → decisiveBattle → Battle of Panium ⓘ
Ptolemaic army → participatedIn → Battle of Panium ⓘ
Egyptian–Syrian frontier → notableBattle → Battle of Panium ⓘ
Ptolemaic Judea → historyEvent → Battle of Panium ⓘ