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Date c. 245 BCE - c. 241 • 274 BCE - 271 • c. 260 BCE - c. 253 • 202 BCE - 200 • 219 BCE - 217
Location Anatolia • Cyclades • Palestine • Phoenicia
Participants Egypt • Macedonia • Seleucid empire

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Antiochus III
Antiochus III the Great
Seleucid king
Arsinoe II
queen of Thrace, Macedonia and Egypt
Antigonus II Gonatas
king of Macedonia
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Macedonian king of Egypt
Antiochus I Soter
Seleucid king
Ptolemy III Euergetes
Ptolemy III Euergetes
Macedonian king of Egypt
Ptolemy V Epiphanes
Macedonian king of Egypt
Ptolemy IV Philopator
Macedonian king of Egypt
Antiochus II Theos
Seleucid king
Seleucus II Callinicus
Seleucid ruler

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