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Battle of Panium, the Glossary

The Battle of Panium (also known as Paneion, Πάνειον, or Paneas, Πανειάς) was fought in 200 BC near Paneas (Caesarea Philippi) between Seleucid and Ptolemaic forces as part of the Fifth Syrian War.^[1]

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200 BC
200s BC conflicts
Banias
Battles involving the Ptolemaic Kingdom
Battles involving the Seleucid Empire
Syrian Wars

Aetolia

Aetolia (Aitōlía) is a mountainous region of Greece on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, forming the eastern part of the modern regional unit of Aetolia-Acarnania.

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Agema

Agema (ἄγημα), plural agemata (αγήματα) is a term to describe a military detachment, used for a special purpose, such as guarding high valued targets.

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American Vision

American Vision is a United States nonprofit organization founded in 1978 by Steve Schiffman.

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Antiochus (son of Antiochus III the Great)

Antiochus (221 BC–193 BC) was a Seleucid prince, first-born child to the Seleucid monarchs Antiochus III the Great and Laodice III, and his father's first heir.

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Antiochus III the Great

Antiochus III the Great (Ἀντίοχος ὁ Μέγας; 3 July 187 BC) was a Greek Hellenistic king and the 6th ruler of the Seleucid Empire, reigning from 223 to 187 BC.

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Banias

Banias or Banyas (بانياس الحولة; label; Judeo-Aramaic, Medieval Hebrew: פמייס, etc.; Πανεάς) is a site in the Golan Heights near a natural spring, once associated with the Greek god Pan.

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Battle of annihilation

Annihilation is a military strategy in which an attacking army seeks to entirely destroy the military capacity of the opposing army.

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Battle of Magnesia

The Battle of Magnesia took place in either December 190 or January 189 BC. Battle of Panium and Battle of Magnesia are Battles involving the Seleucid Empire.

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Battle of Pydna

The Battle of Pydna took place in 168 BC between Rome and Macedon during the Third Macedonian War.

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Battle of Raphia

The Battle of Raphia, also known as the Battle of Gaza, 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. Battle of Panium and Battle of Raphia are Battles involving the Ptolemaic Kingdom, Battles involving the Seleucid Empire and Syrian Wars.

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Brill Publishers

Brill Academic Publishers, also known as E. J. Brill, Koninklijke Brill, Brill, is a Dutch international academic publisher of books and journals.

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Cantonment

A cantonment is a military quarters.

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Cataphract

A cataphract was a form of armored heavy cavalry that originated in Persia and was fielded in ancient warfare throughout Eurasia and Northern Africa.

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Cavalry

Historically, cavalry (from the French word cavalerie, itself derived from cheval meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback.

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City

A city is a human settlement of a notable size.

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Coele-Syria

Coele-Syria (Κοίλη Συρία, Koílē Syría, 'Hollow Syria') was a region of Syria in classical antiquity.

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Damascus

Damascus (Dimašq) is the capital and largest city of Syria, the oldest current capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam.

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Daniel's final vision

Chapters 10, 11, and 12 in the Book of Daniel make up Daniel's final vision, describing a series of conflicts between the unnamed "King of the North" and "King of the South" leading to the "time of the end", when Israel will be vindicated and the dead raised, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

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Decapolis

The Decapolis (Greek: label) was a group of ten Hellenistic cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in the Southern Levant in the first centuries BC and AD.

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Defection

In politics, a defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one state in exchange for allegiance to another, changing sides in a way which is considered illegitimate by the first state.

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Gaza City

Gaza, also called Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip.

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Great power

A great power is a sovereign state that is recognized as having the ability and expertise to exert its influence on a global scale.

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Hypaspists

A hypaspist (Ὑπασπιστής "shield bearer" or "shield covered") is a squire, man at arms, or "shield carrier".

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Infantry

Infantry is a specialization of military personnel who engage in warfare combat.

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Invasion

An invasion is a military offensive of combatants of one geopolitical entity, usually in large numbers, entering territory controlled by another similar entity.

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Jerusalem

Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

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Leiden

Leiden (in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands.

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Macedonian phalanx

The Macedonian phalanx (Μακεδονική φάλαγξ) was an infantry formation developed by Philip II from the classical Greek phalanx, of which the main innovation was the use of the sarissa, a 6-metre pike.

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Mercenary

A mercenary, also called a merc, soldier of fortune, or hired gun, is a private individual who joins an armed conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military.

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Mount Hermon

Mount Hermon (جبل الشيخ or جبل حرمون / ALA-LC: Jabal al-Shaykh ('Mountain of the Sheikh') or Jabal Haramun; הַר חֶרְמוֹן, Har Ḥermōn) is a mountain cluster constituting the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range.

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Phoenicia

Phoenicia, or Phœnicia, was an ancient Semitic thalassocratic civilization originating in the coastal strip of the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily located in modern Lebanon.

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Polybius

Polybius (Πολύβιος) was a Greek historian of the middle Hellenistic period.

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Ptolemaic army

The Ptolemaic army was the army of the Ptolemaic Greek kings that ruled Egypt from 305 to 30 BC.

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Ptolemaic Kingdom

The Ptolemaic Kingdom (Ptolemaïkḕ basileía) or Ptolemaic Empire was an Ancient Greek polity based in Egypt during the Hellenistic period.

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Roman Republic

The Roman Republic (Res publica Romana) was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire following the War of Actium.

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Roman–Seleucid war

The Roman–Seleucid war (192–188 BC), also called the Aetolian war, Antiochene war, Syrian war, and Syrian-Aetolian war was a military conflict between two coalitions, one led by the Roman Republic and the other led by the Seleucid king Antiochus III.

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Samaria

Samaria is the Hellenized form of the Hebrew name Shomron (translit), used as a historical and biblical name for the central region of Israel, bordered by Judea to the south and Galilee to the north.

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Scopas of Aetolia

Scopas (Σκόπας) was an Aetolian general, who served both his native Aetolian League in the Social War (220–217 BC) and Ptolemaic Egypt against the Seleucids, with mixed success.

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Seleucid army

The Seleucid army was the army of the Seleucid Empire, one of the numerous Hellenistic states that emerged after the death of Alexander the Great.

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Seleucid Empire

The Seleucid Empire (lit) was a Greek power in West Asia during the Hellenistic period.

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Sidon

Sidon or Saida (Ṣaydā) is the third-largest city in Lebanon.

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Skirmisher

Skirmishers are light infantry or light cavalry soldiers deployed as a vanguard, flank guard or rearguard to screen a tactical position or a larger body of friendly troops from enemy advances.

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Stream

A stream is a continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel.

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Taranto

Taranto (Tarde) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy.

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Upper Satrapies

The Upper Satrapies (anō satrapeiai) is a collective term used in the Hellenistic period to refer to the eastern, Iranian-populated, provinces ("satrapies") of the empire of Alexander the Great, especially during the Wars of the Diadochi and the subsequent Seleucid Empire.

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War elephant

A war elephant was an elephant that was trained and guided by humans for combat.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Panium

Battle of Panium, the Glossary

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See also

200 BC

200s BC conflicts

Banias

Battles involving the Ptolemaic Kingdom

Battles involving the Seleucid Empire

Syrian Wars

References