Editing 217 BC (section)

==== Egypt ====
* [[June 22]] &ndash; [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] native [[hoplite]]s under [[Ptolemy IV Philopator|Ptolemy IV]] crush the [[Seleucid]] army under [[Antiochus III the Great|Antiochus III]] in the [[Battle of Raphia]] near [[Gaza City|Gaza]]. The realization of their military importance leads to demands by native Egyptians for greater privileges and so to the development of racial difficulties which will weaken the Ptolemy dynasty in the future.
* Although holding the initiative after the [[Battle of Raphia]], Ptolemy IV, on his chief minister [[Sosibius]]' advice, negotiates a peace, and the Seleucid army withdraws from [[Coele Syria]]. Antiochus III gives up all his conquests except the city of [[Seleucia Pieria|Seleucia-in-Pieria]].