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  • between Edessa and Carrhae (Present-Day in Turkey)
    Tuesday Apr 8, 217
    Roman Empire

    Caracalla was assassinated

    between Edessa and Carrhae (Present-Day in Turkey)
    Tuesday Apr 8, 217

    Caracalla was assassinated while en route to a campaign against the Parthians by the Praetorian Guard.




  • Rome
    Friday Apr 11, 217
    Roman Empire

    Macrinus was declared augustus

    Rome
    Friday Apr 11, 217

    On April 8, 217, Caracalla was assassinated traveling to Carrhae. Three days later, Macrinus was declared Augustus. Diadumenian was the son of Macrinus, born in 208. He was given the title Caesar in 217, when his father became augustus, and raised to co-Augustus the following year.




  • Anatolia
    217 BC
    Kingdom of Pergamon

    Achaeus returned from his victorious campaign

    Anatolia
    217 BC

    Achaeus returned from his victorious campaign in 217 BC and hostilities between the two resumed.




  • Alexandria, Egypt
    217 BC
    Ptolemaic Kingdom

    Ptolemy IV continued hold celebrations of the Fourth Syrian War

    Alexandria, Egypt
    217 BC

    Ptolemy IV continued this tradition by holding his own synod at Memphis in 217 BC, after the victory celebrations of the Fourth Syrian War.




  • Rafah, Sinai, Egypt
    217 BC
    Library of Alexandria

    Battle of Raphia

    Rafah, Sinai, Egypt
    217 BC

    After the Battle of Raphia in 217 BC, Ptolemaic power became increasingly unstable. There were uprisings among segments of the Egyptian population and, in the first half of the second century BC, connection with Upper Egypt became largely disrupted. Ptolemaic rulers also began to emphasize the Egyptian aspect of their nation over the Greek aspect. Consequently, many Greek scholars began to leave Alexandria for safer countries with more generous patronages.




  • Gaza
    Jun, 217 BC
    Seleucid Empire

    Battle of Raphia

    Gaza
    Jun, 217 BC

    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.




  • Perugia, Italy
    Saturday Jun 21, 217 BC
    Roman Republic

    Battle of Lake Trasimene

    Perugia, Italy
    Saturday Jun 21, 217 BC

    The Battle of Lake Trasimene was fought when a Carthaginian force under Hannibal ambushed a Roman army commanded by Gaius Flaminius on 21 June 217 BC, during the Second Punic War.


  • Alexandria, Egypt
    Wednesday Jan 15, 217 BC
    Ptolemaic Kingdom

    The result of this synod

    Alexandria, Egypt
    Wednesday Jan 15, 217 BC

    The result of this synod was the Raphia Decree, issued on 15 November 217 BC and preserved in three copies.


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