Battle of Raphia

When

18 Jun 217 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

31.29° N, 34.25° E

Description

217 BCE battle

Battle of the Syrian Wars (217 BC)

The Battle of Raphia was fought on 22 June 217 BC near modern Rafah between the forces of Ptolemy IV Philopator, king and pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt and Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid Empire during the Syrian Wars. It was one of the largest battles of the Hellenistic kingdoms and of the ancient world, and determined the sovereignty of Coele-Syria.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Egyptian native hoplites under Ptolemy IV crush the Seleucid army under Antiochus III in the Battle of Raphia near Gaza”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Antiochos III. erleidet in der Schlacht bei Raphia eine vernichtende Niederlage gegen die Ägypter unter Ptolemaios IV. Damit wird sein Angriff auf Ägypten…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Les Égyptiens, sous la direction de Ptolémée Philopator, écrasent l'armée séleucide conduite par Antiochos à la bataille de Raphia, en Palestine”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Весна — Битва Антиоха III с Птолемеем IV при Рафии (Южная Сирия)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Rafia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “نبرد رافیا میان سلوکیان و دودمان بطلمیوسی مصر”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “拉菲亞戰役（Battle of Raphia），又名加薩戰役（Battle of Gaza）”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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