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	List of battles 1400 BC-600 AD
		Battle of Himera[?] The Carthaginians under Hamilcar are defeated by the Greeks of Sicily, led by Gelon[?] of Syracuse.
		Battle of Cape Ecnomus[?] A Carthaginian fleet under Hamilcar and Hanno is defeated in an attempt to stop a Roman invasion of Africa by Marcus Atilius Regulus.
		Battle of Herdonia[?] Hannibal destroys the Roman army of the praetor Gnaeus Fulvius.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/li/List_of_battles_1400_BC-600_AD.html (4447 words)

	Battle of Raphia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Raphia, also known as the Battle of Gaza, was a battle of the Syrian Wars between Ptolemy IV of Egypt and Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
		Ptolemy's victory kept the province of Syria for Egypt but it was only a brief respite; at the Battle of Panium in 198 BC Antiochus defeated the army of Ptolemy's young son, Ptolemy V and captured Palestine and Syria.
		This battle is one of the historical battles playable on the computer game Rome:Total War with the player in the role of Antiochus leading the Seleucid army.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Raphia (296 words)

	Battle of Raphia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Battle of Raphia, also known as the Battle of Gaza, was a battle of the Syrian Wars between Ptolemy IV of Egypt and Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
		Ptolemy's victory kept the province of Syria for Egypt but it was only a brief respite; at the Battle of Panium in 198 BC Antiochus defeated the army of Ptolemy's young son, Ptolemy V and captured Palestine and Syria.
		This battle is one of the historical battles playable on the computer game Rome:Total War with the player in the role of Antiochus leading the Seleucid army.
	en.encyclopediahome.com /wiki/Battle_of_Raphia (279 words)

	Battles
		The Battle of Cumae 474 BC The Battle of the Eurymedon c.
		The Battle of Mantinea 362 BC The Battle of Tamynae 349 BC Munn, Mark H., The Defense of Attica: The Dema Wall and the Boiotian War of 378-375 B.C. Berekeley: University of California Press, 1993.
		The Battle of the Hydaspes River, 326 BC, a battle in the northwest India.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/History/Battles/Battles.html (1147 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - War elephants
		Elephants used by the Egyptians at the battle of Raphia in 217 BC were smaller than their Asian counterparts, but that did not guarantee victory for Antiochus III the Great of Syria.
		From the battle of Heraclea (280 BC in the Pyrrhic War) to the famous march across the Alps by Hannibal during the Second Punic war, elephants terrified the Roman legions.
		The Parthian dynasty of Persia occasionally used war elephants in their battles against Roman empire, but they were of substantial importance in the army of the subsequent Sassanid dynasty.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=War_elephants (2232 words)

	Battle of Raphia (217 BC)
		The Battle of Raphia, in 217 BC, was a part of the ongoing series of 'Syrian Wars' between the Ptolemies and the Seleucids.
		Despite the victory, Raphia marks the decline in influence of the Ptolemies, as it was the start of a nationalistic awakening in Egypt.
		Polybius, in his description of the Battle of Raphia mentions that the Egyptian elephant was smaller than the Indian elephant.
	www.fanaticus.org /DBA/battles/raphia217bc.html (665 words)

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		This Battle of Raphia was a clash between 2 of the Hellenistic super-powers.
		In the battle they are described as being ‘on the other(southern) side of the elephants’, so presumably did not have elephants to their front or were able to loop around them.
	www.wargamer.com /greatbattles/Scenarios/217BC-Raphia-NF-p3-3.doc (11693 words)

	Battle of Raphia (History Alive)
		The Battle of Ralphia took place on June 22, 217 BC, Antiochus III leader of the Selucid dynasty, led a army to southern palestine, opposing him is the egyptian army under the command of Ptolomey IV, each side fielded around 60,000-70,000 infantry, which included the phalanxes of traditional greek warfare, both fielded around 6,000 cavalry...
		Now most of Ptolemy's elephants were afraid to join battle, as is the habit of African elephants; for unable to stand the smell and trumpeting of the Indian elephants, and terrified, I suppose, also by their great size and strength, they immediatly run away from them before they get near them.
		Although Anthiochus had won the war of the Elephants, he was slow to return to the battle and Ptolomey's forces had broke the selucids center and right, so even though the Asian Elephants had proved to be the top dog's, well elephants.....
	s3.invisionfree.com /History_Alive/ar/t713.htm (319 words)

	Rafah - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It was first recorded in an inscription of Egyptian Pharaoh Seti I, from 1303 BC, and as the first stop on Pharaoh Shoshenq I's campaign to Palestine in 925 BC.
		In 720 BC it was the site of the Assyrian king Sargon II's victory over the Egyptians, and in 217 BC the Battle of Raphia was fought between the victorious Ptolemy IV and Antiochus III.
		During the Byzantine period, it was a Diocese, and an important trading city during the early Arab period, however it steadily declined and was likely abandoned by the 12th century.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Rafah (925 words)

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		"Raphia" is a simulation of a battle between the Ptolemaic kingdom of Egypt and the Seleucid kingdom of Antiochus the Great in 217 B.C. It is a "Series 120" game, containing 120 counters and designed to be played in 120 minutes.
		The actual battle concluded with a general retreat by the Seleucids when their center was threatened with encirclement (and their leader was nowhere in sight), but there are no rules to simulate this kind of occurrence in the game.
		There are very few games on this battle (GMT's GBoH scenario is the only other one I'm aware of), and if you are at all interested in the period, GDW's "Raphia" is well worth picking up (if you can find it; it seems to be quite rare).
	www.grognard.com /reviews/raphia.txt (1361 words)

	WWW-VL: History: Military History
		The Battle of Marathon 490 B.C. The Battle of Marathon
		The Battle of Chaeronea 4 August 338 B.C. The Battle of Chaeronea Acccording to Diodorus Siculus
		The Sack of Magdeburg and the Battle of Breitenfeld 1631-1632
	vlib.iue.it /history/mil/index.html (1944 words)

	An Antic Disposition: Ptolemy IV, Philopator
		His one notable military victory was at the Battle of Raphia in 217 BC where he defeated the troops of the Seleucid King Antiochus III.
		The reign of Ptolemy IV, including the Battle of Raphia, as seen from the perspective of an Egyptian Jew, is told in 3 Maccabees, a book canonical to the Bibles of Eastern Orthodox churches, though apocryphal to others.
		Epsilon (E) was the 5th letter in the Greek alphabet, so this would correspond to 217BC, the year of the Battle of Raphia.
	www.robweir.com /blog/2006/01/ptolemy-iv-philopator.html (331 words)

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		Ptolemy IV met and defeated Antiochus in the Battle of Raphia.
		Seleucus III Ceraunus Antiochus III the Great Ptolemy IV Philopator Battle of Raphia
		Battle of Panion Cleopatra I Syra Pyrrhus of Epirus Hannibal Pompey the Great Battle of Magnesia Battle of Pydna
	myweb.cableone.net /jondavis/revelation/daniel11c.htm (1637 words)

	Hellas: Great Battles of the Hellenes :: 0 A.D. :: Wildfire Games
		Battle of Thermopylae — 480 BC Xerxes, Darius’ son, leads a massive army of roughly 180,000 men into Greece.
		Philip adopts the angled battle line pioneered by Epaminondas and advances, the sarissa of his professional phalangites foiling the attempts of the Allied hoplites to come to grips.
		The battle opens with a chariot charge that is easily stopped, followed by the Persian cavalry attacking.
	wildfiregames.com /0ad/page.php?p=1567 (1833 words)

	Daniel Chapter 11
		At the battle of Raphia just south of Gaza, Antiochus was defeated despite his larger army and signed a peace treaty with Ptolemy who then went on a tour of the Holy lands, though he was badly treated in Jerusalem.
		Some 12 years after his defeat at the Battle of Raphia, Antiochus III set out with a greater army in an attempt to conquer Egypt.
		He then resorted to a sea battle to keep the Romans out of his territory, but was again defeated.
	www.pytlik.com /observe/daniel/prophecies/ch11-2.html (1575 words)

	ooBdoo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Over the ages is has been known as Robihwa by the ancient Egyptians, Rafihu by the Assyrians, Raphia by the Greeks and Romans, Rafiach by Israelites and now Rafah.
		It was first recorded in an inscription of Egyptian Pharaoh Seti I, from 1303 BC, and as the first stop on Pharaoh Shoshenq I's campaign to the Levant in 925 BC.
		(It is said to be the largest battle ever fought in the Levant, with over a hundred thousand soldiers and hundreds of elephants).
	www.oobdoo.com /wikipedia/?title=Rafah (788 words)

	Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		During a battle in early 279 BCE, Keraunos was thrown by the elephant he was riding and killed; his head decorated a Gallic spear.
		At the battle of Banyais he decisively defeated the Egyptians under Ptolemy V, who was forced to cede all of their western territory -- except the Sinai desert -- to the Seleucids.
		The Roman Legions, led by Consul Aemilius, destroyed the Macedonian army at the Battle of Pydna.
	www.mec.edu /saugus/shs/new/ex/kbrome/timeline.html (3611 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - PTOLEMY IV. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		B.C.), in which Ptolemy won a brilliant victory, and by that very fact showed himself to be a much more able ruler than is commonly supposed.
		Accordingly the rest of the story narrated in III Maccabees can not be pure invention, although there are absurd details in it which are doubtless due to the fact that the author is trying to glorify a great
		The author relates that after the battle of Raphia Ptolemy Philopator visited Jerusalem and declared that he would enter the Temple.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=588&letter=P (373 words)

	HELLAS:NET - History
		Philip often used the sloped phalanx which was introduced by the Thebans during the battle of Leuctra, while Alexander made the decisive blow with a charge of his heavy cavalry.
		Luckily they had three benefits: the phalanx, the trireme, and the fact that they were fighting for the independence of their loved country.
		This was completly different during the period after this war: Sparta was the leader of Hellas, Athens wanted to restore her leadership, and the aspirations of Thebes did not end any longer in Boeotia.
	monolith.dnsalias.org /~marsares/warfare (778 words)

	Battles :: 0 A.D. :: Wildfire Games
		These battles are remembered because they held some special quality, like changing the course of history, making one man's career, or a great tragedy.
		These battles are not as well-known as some of the more famous ones but are nevertheless just as important.
		Ending with the first battles between rival claimants to the title 'Successor of Rome' as well the controversial battle of Badon Hill, which brought peace for 70 years.
	www.wildfiregames.com /0ad/page.php?p=6350 (524 words)

	Raphia
		Fought on 22 June 217 BC near Gaza.
		Each army's right wing defeated the opposing left wing and drove it from the field, leaving the Egyptian phalanx to defeat the Seleucid infantry.
		Ptolemy's victory kept the province of Syria for Egypt but it was only a brief respite; at the Battle of Paneas in 198 BC Antiochus defeated Ptolemy and captured Palestine and Syria.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/History/Battles/Raphia.html (148 words)

	GDW Games
		The battle of Raphia is the fifth clash between these two rivals.
		The battle was marked with a brilliant flanking movement from Frederick, that destroyed the right wing of the Austrians.
		The battles for southern Europe, Bulgaria and Romania, reinforced with three Soviet armies face Greece, Turkey and Yugoslavia, in a battle over the Turkish straits.
	www.hobsala.com /collection/gdw.html (977 words)

	The great revolt
		Priding themselves upon their victory at Raphia, the soldiers were no longer disposed to obey orders, but they sought out a leader and figure–head, in the opinion that they could come up for themselves.
		During a battle there most inhabitants (laoi is an indication for the native population) of an unknown village have been killed.
		More important is the military explanation given in the same passage at the time of the battle of Raphia in 217, when Egypt was threatened by an invasion of Antiochos III, the king of Syria, native Egyptians were armed and trained in order to fight in the Macedonian phalanx.
	ist-socrates.berkeley.edu /~tebtunis/lecture/revolt.html (4265 words)

	HELLAS:NET - Warfare
		His left wing might have been swept away, but he decides to attack with his right wing.
		The victory at Raphia was the start of a nationalistic awakening in Egypt, and the growing aversion against the Greek-Macedonian domination degraded the kingdom of the Ptolomies to a political power of little importance.
		Several years later Antiochus manages to defeat Egypt and Palestine and Syria became part of the Seleucid kingdom.
	monolith.dnsalias.org /~marsares/warfare/battle/raphia.html (715 words)

	Time Commanders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		After a brief introduction of the battle, including an overview of military units, terrain and available forces, the players have to develop a strategy and then deploy their forces.
		Two of the players are selected as generals, who will direct the battle and have access to a strategic map.
		Troop deployment and battle follows, although in the second series, there is a small skirmish conducted as a separate event, to acquaint the players with the game mechanics and their units.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Time_Commanders (339 words)

	Ancient Sources: Ascalon, Gaza, Negev, Sinai: 127. Raphia - (Rafah)
		From Gaza it is twenty four miles to Raphia.
		As for the Avvim, who had lived in settlements in the vicinity of Gaza, the Caphtorim, who came from Caphtor, destroyed them and settled in their place.
		After Gaza one comes to Raphia, where battle was fought between Ptolemaeus the Fourth an Antiochus the Great.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/ofm/mad/sources/sources127.html (234 words)

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