The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volume 5Longman and Company, 1839 |
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... Syria from Ptolemy Philopator , and possesses himself of the strongest cities in it . After a short truce , a war breaks out again in Syria . Battle of Raphia , in which Antio- chus is entirely defeated . The anger and revenge of ...
... Syria from Ptolemy Philopator , and possesses himself of the strongest cities in it . After a short truce , a war breaks out again in Syria . Battle of Raphia , in which Antio- chus is entirely defeated . The anger and revenge of ...
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... Syria . The war of Philip against the Athenians , Atta- lus , and the Rhodians . He besieges Abydos . The un- happy fate of that city . The Romans declare war against Philip . Sulpitius the consul is sent into Ma- cedonia .. II ...
... Syria . The war of Philip against the Athenians , Atta- lus , and the Rhodians . He besieges Abydos . The un- happy fate of that city . The Romans declare war against Philip . Sulpitius the consul is sent into Ma- cedonia .. II ...
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... Syria . Antio- chus gains a victory over Ptolemy . The conqueror possesses himself of Egypt , and takes the king prisoner . A report prevailing of a ge- neral revolt , he goes into Palestine ; besieges and takes Jerusalem , where he ...
... Syria . Antio- chus gains a victory over Ptolemy . The conqueror possesses himself of Egypt , and takes the king prisoner . A report prevailing of a ge- neral revolt , he goes into Palestine ; besieges and takes Jerusalem , where he ...
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... Syria , and Palestine ; Cassander had Macedonia and Greece ; Lysi- machus , Thrace , Bithynia , and some other provinces beyond the Hellespont , and the Bosphorus ; and Seleucus all the rest of Asia , to the other side of the Euphrates ...
... Syria , and Palestine ; Cassander had Macedonia and Greece ; Lysi- machus , Thrace , Bithynia , and some other provinces beyond the Hellespont , and the Bosphorus ; and Seleucus all the rest of Asia , to the other side of the Euphrates ...
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... Syria , but those vast and fertile pro- vinces of Upper Asia , which constituted the Persian empire . The reign of twenty years , which I have assigned to Seleucus Nicator , commences at this period , because he was not ac- knowledged ...
... Syria , but those vast and fertile pro- vinces of Upper Asia , which constituted the Persian empire . The reign of twenty years , which I have assigned to Seleucus Nicator , commences at this period , because he was not ac- knowledged ...
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