Battle of Raphia: Egypt Defeats the Seleucid Empire
Ptolemy IV deployed 20,000 native Egyptian soldiers alongside his Greek troops to defeat Antiochus III's larger Seleucid army at Raphia, preserving Egyptian control of Coele-Syria. The unprecedented arming of Egyptian commoners won the battle but planted the seeds of domestic rebellion, as the newly militarized population soon demanded political rights from their Greek rulers.
June 22, 217 BC
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