Seleucid Empire - Battle of Raphia
Time: Jun, 217 BC
Place: Gaza
Details: Although initially unsuccessful in the Fourth Syrian War against Egypt, which led to a defeat at the Battle of Raphia (217 BC), Antiochus would prove himself to be the greatest of the Seleucid rulers after Seleucus I himself.
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