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Battle of Raphia
Battle of the Syrian Wars (217 BC) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the 217 BC battle. For other battles, see Battle of Rafah (disambiguation).
The Battle of Raphia, also known as the Battle of Gaza,[citation needed] 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.[1] 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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Battle of Raphia | |||||||
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Part of the Fourth Syrian War | |||||||
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Ptolemaic Egypt | Seleucid Empire | ||||||
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Ptolemy IV | Antiochus III | ||||||
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75,000: 70,000 infantry, 5,000 cavalry, 73 elephants |
68,000: 62,000 infantry, 6,000 cavalry, 102 elephants | ||||||
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2,200:
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14,300:
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