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3 days ago · Antiochus and Philip V of Macedon then made a pact to divide the Ptolemaic possessions outside of Egypt, and in the Fifth Syrian War, the Seleucids ousted Ptolemy V from control of Coele-Syria. The Battle of Panium (200 BC) definitively transferred these holdings from the Ptolemies to the Seleucids. Antiochus appeared, at the least, to have ...
5 days ago · Given her ancestral relations with the Seleucids, she was granted the region of Coele-Syria along the upper Orontes River. She was even given the region surrounding Jericho in Palestine, but she leased this territory back to Herod.
May 17, 2024 · Following this revelation, which convinced Paul that God had indeed chosen Jesus to be the promised messiah, he went into Arabia—probably Coele-Syria, west of Damascus (Galatians 1:17). He then returned to Damascus, and three years later he went to Jerusalem to become acquainted with the leading apostles there.
- St. Paul is often considered to be the most important person after Jesus in the history of Christianity. His epistles (letters) have had enormous i...
- Of the 27 books in the New Testament, 13 or 14 (an East-West difference) are traditionally attributed to St. Paul. However, only seven of these are...
- The exact details of St. Paul’s death are unknown, but tradition holds that he was beheaded in Rome and thus died as a martyr for his faith. His de...
4 days ago · After Alexander's death the region was absorbed into the Seleucid Empire and became known as Coele-Syria. In 64 BC, the region was conquered by a Roman army under general Pompey and became a part of the Roman state. Christianity was introduced to the coastal plain of Lebanon from neighboring Galilee, already in the 1st century. The region, as ...
May 20, 2024 · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: May 20, 2024 • Article History. Seleucid empire. Date: 312 BCE - 64. Major Events: Syrian Wars. Battle of Ipsos. War of the Brothers. Syrian War. Key People: Antiochus III the Great. Antiochus IV Epiphanes. Seleucus I Nicator. Antiochus I Soter. Ptolemy VI Philometor. (Show more)
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1 day ago · Lebanon is located in West Asia between latitudes 33° and 35° N and longitudes 35° and 37° E. Its land straddles the "northwest of the Arabian Plate ". [171] The country's surface area is 10,452 square kilometres (4,036 sq mi) of which 10,230 square kilometres (3,950 sq mi) is land.
3 days ago · Palestine (region) Palestine [i] is a geographical region in West Asia. It is usually considered to include modern-day Israel and the State of Palestine, though some definitions also include parts of northwestern Jordan. Other historical names for the region include Canaan, the Promised Land, the Land of Israel, or the Holy Land .
