Syrian Wars

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Syrian Wars
Coele-Syria, the site where much of the wars took place
Date 274–271 BC; 260–253 BC; 246–241 BC; 219–217 BC; 202–195 BC; 170–168 BC Location Coele-Syria Result Seleucid Victory Seleucid annexation of Ptolemeic holdings in Asia Minor, Coele-Syria, Cyprus, and other Ptolemeic holdings outside of Egypt Macedonian annexation of the Cyclades Second Macedonian War during the Fifth Syrian War Roman intervention against Seleucid and Macedon during the Sixth Syrian War
Belligerents
Ptolemaic Kingdom	Seleucid Empire Macedon
Commanders and leaders
Ptolemy II Philadelphus Ptolemy III Euergetes Ptolemy IV Philopator Ptolemy V Epiphanes Ptolemy VI Philometor Ptolemy VIII Physcon Cleopatra II	Antiochus I Soter Antiochus II Theos Antigonus II Gonatas Seleucus II Callinicus Antiochus III the Great Philip V of Macedon Antiochus IV Epiphanes

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 destruction and conquest by Rome and Parthia. They are briefly mentioned in the biblical Books of the Maccabees.