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Apameia (Turkey) (search for this): book 5, chapter 58
Seleucia
Every detail of these transactions was known to the king:
who, while sending frequent threatening messages to Achaeus,
was now concentrating all his efforts on the preparations for
the war against Ptolemy. War with Ptolemy B. C. 219. Having accordingly
mustered his forces at Apameia just before
spring, he summoned his friends to advise with
him as to the invasion of Coele-Syria. After many suggestions
had been made in respect to this undertaking, touching the
nature of the country, the military preparation required, and
the assistance to be rendered by the fleet,—Apollophanes of
Seleucia, whom I mentioned before, put an abrupt end to all
these suggestions by remarking that "it was folly
to desire Coele-Syria and to march against that,
while they allowed Seleucia to be held by
Ptolemy, which was the capital, and so to speak,
the very inner shrine of the king's realm. Apollophanes advises that they begin by taking Seleucia. Besides the disgrace
to the kingdom which its occupat
Coele-Syria (Lebanon) (search for this): book 5, chapter 58
Seleucia (Iraq) (search for this): book 5, chapter 58
Seleucia
Every detail of these transactions was known to the king:
who, while sending frequent threatening messages to Achaeus,
was now concentrating all his efforts on the preparations for
the war against Ptolemy. War with Ptolemy B. C. 219. Having ll
these suggestions by remarking that "it was folly
to desire Coele-Syria and to march against that,
while they allowed Seleucia to be held by
Ptolemy, which was the capital, and so to speak,
the very inner shrine of the king's realm. Apollophanes advises that they begin by taking Seleucia. Besides the disgrace
to the kingdom which its occupation by the Egyptian monarchs
involved, it was a position of the greatest practical importance,
as a most admirable base of operations. Occupied by the
ene carried conviction to the minds of all, and it was resolved
that the capture of the town should be their first step. For
Seleucia was still held by a garrison for the Egyptian kings;
and had been so since the time of Ptolemy Euergetes, who
took it wh
Syria (Syria) (search for this): book 5, chapter 58
Berenice (Libya) (search for this): book 5, chapter 58
219 BC (search for this): book 5, chapter 58
Seleucia
Every detail of these transactions was known to the king:
who, while sending frequent threatening messages to Achaeus,
was now concentrating all his efforts on the preparations for
the war against Ptolemy. War with Ptolemy B. C. 219. Having accordingly
mustered his forces at Apameia just before
spring, he summoned his friends to advise with
him as to the invasion of Coele-Syria. After many suggestions
had been made in respect to this undertaking, touching the
nature of the country, the military preparation required, and
the assistance to be rendered by the fleet,—Apollophanes of
Seleucia, whom I mentioned before, put an abrupt end to all
these suggestions by remarking that "it was folly
to desire Coele-Syria and to march against that,
while they allowed Seleucia to be held by
Ptolemy, which was the capital, and so to speak,
the very inner shrine of the king's realm. Apollophanes advises that they begin by taking Seleucia. Besides the disgrace
to the kingdom which its occupat