The Syrian Wars were a series of six wars between the Seleucid Empire and the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, successor states to Alexander the Great's empire, during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC over the region then called Coele-Syria, one of the few avenues into Egypt.These conflicts drained the material and manpower of both parties and led to their eventual …

Antiochus III the Great (/ æ n ˈ t aɪ ə k ə s /; Greek: Ἀντίoχoς Μέγας Antiochos Megas; c. 241 – 3 July 187 BC) was a Greek Hellenistic king and the 6th ruler of the Seleucid Empire, reigning from 222 to 187 BC. He ruled over the region of Syria and large parts of the rest of western Asia towards the end of the 3rd century BC. Rising to the throne at the age of eighteen in ...

Diese Liste enthält die Provinzen des Römischen Reiches unabhängig vom Zeitpunkt ihres Bestehens.. Für Listen der Provinzen für einen bestimmten Zeitraum siehe: Liste der römischen Provinzen bis Diokletian (bis zur Verwaltungsreform Diokletians, römischer Kaiser von 284 bis 305); Liste der römischen Provinzen ab Diokletian (ab der Verwaltungsreform Diokletians bis …

Ptolemy VIII was the younger son of Ptolemy V, who reigned from 204 to 180 BC.Ptolemy V's reign had been dominated by the Fifth Syrian War (204–198 BC), in which the Ptolemaic realm fought against the Seleucid king Antiochus III, who ruled the Near East and Asia Minor.In that war, Antiochus III had completely defeated the Ptolemaic forces, annexed Coele-Syria and Judaea …

Perea or Peraea (Greek: Περαία, "the country beyond"), was the portion of the kingdom of Herod the Great occupying the eastern side of the Jordan River valley, from about one third the way down the Jordan River segment connecting the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea to about one third the way down the north-eastern shore of the Dead Sea; it did not extend very far to the east.

Demetrius II (Ancient Greek: Δημήτριος Β`, Dēmḗtrios B; died 125 BC), called Nicator (Ancient Greek: Νικάτωρ, Nikátōr, "Victor"), was one of the sons of Demetrius I Soter.His mother may have been Laodice V, as was the case with his brother Antiochus VII Sidetes.Demetrius ruled the Seleucid Empire for two periods, separated by a number of years of captivity in Hyrcania in ...