Seleucid invasion of Egypt

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The Seleucid invasion of Egypt was a major military campaign in 170–168 BCE during which the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes sought to conquer Ptolemaic Egypt, triggering a crisis that drew in the Roman Republic and reshaped the balance of power in the eastern Mediterranean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
war ⓘ
commandedBy Antiochus IV Epiphanes ⓘ
conflictType Hellenistic interstate war ⓘ
invasion ⓘ
describedIn ancient sources such as Polybius ⓘ
followedBy continued Roman involvement in Near Eastern politics ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Antiochus IV’s invasion of Egypt ⓘ
hasCause Seleucid attempt to conquer Ptolemaic Egypt ⓘ
dynastic and territorial rivalry between Seleucid Empire and Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
weakness and internal instability of the Ptolemaic monarchy ⓘ
hasContext Hellenistic period ⓘ
power struggle after the fragmentation of Alexander the Great’s empire ⓘ
hasEffect Roman diplomatic intervention in eastern Mediterranean affairs ⓘ
Seleucid annexation of Cyprus (temporary) ⓘ
confirmation of Roman dominance in eastern Mediterranean politics ⓘ
limitation of Seleucid expansion ⓘ
restoration of Ptolemaic rule in Egypt ⓘ
temporary Seleucid occupation of parts of Egypt ⓘ
hasEndTime 168 BCE ⓘ
hasLocation Cyprus ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
hasOutcome Roman-imposed withdrawal of Seleucid forces from Egypt ⓘ
diplomatic humiliation of Antiochus IV Epiphanes ⓘ
survival of Ptolemaic Kingdom as a Roman client state ⓘ
hasParticipant Antiochus IV Epiphanes ⓘ
Cleopatra II of Egypt ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
Ptolemy VI Philometor ⓘ
Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
hasSignificantEvent Roman ultimatum to Antiochus IV at Eleusis ⓘ
Seleucid advance towards Alexandria ⓘ
Seleucid invasion of Cyprus ⓘ
Seleucid occupation of Memphis ⓘ
hasStartTime 170 BCE ⓘ
hasTimePeriod 170–168 BCE ⓘ
involves Roman envoy Gaius Popillius Laenas ⓘ
opponent Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
opposedBy Ptolemy VI Philometor ⓘ
Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II ⓘ
Roman Senate ⓘ
partOf Sixth Syrian War ⓘ
precededBy earlier Syrian Wars between Seleucid and Ptolemaic kingdoms ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sixth Syrian War → hasPart → Seleucid invasion of Egypt ⓘ
Seleucid invasion of Egypt → hasSignificantEvent → Seleucid occupation of Memphis ⓘ
linked to: Seleucid invasion of Egypt
Battle of Pelusium (170 BCE) → associatedWith → Antiochus IV’s Egyptian campaign ⓘ
linked to: Seleucid invasion of Egypt
Gaius Popillius Laenas → notableEvent → Roman–Seleucid diplomatic confrontation in Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Seleucid invasion of Egypt
Siege of Alexandria (168 BCE) → chronologicallyFollows → Seleucid invasion of Egypt in 170–169 BCE ⓘ
linked to: Seleucid invasion of Egypt