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Coele Syria
The 'Hollow Syria' between Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon, wrested by Antiochus III from Ptolemy.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 33 §17 Coele Syria
The 'Hollow Syria' between the Lebanon ranges, wrested by Antiochus from Ptolemy.
- The History of Rome, Book 42 §33 disputing over Coele Syria
A contested region of the southern Levant long disputed between the Seleucid and Ptolemaic kingdoms; the pretext for Antiochus's planned war.