248. Accession of Tiridates on death of his brother, Arsaces of Parthia. 247. Accession of Seleucus II Callinicus on death of his father, Antiochus Theos. 246. Accession of Ptolemy III Euergetes. Third Syrian War. Ptolemy Euergetes against Seleucus Callinicus. 245.? Accession of Diodotus II on death of his father, Diodotus of Bactria. 244. Ptolemy Euergetes overruns Upper Asia as far as Susa. 241. War between Seleucus Callinicus and his brother Antiochus Hierax. Accession of Attalus as dynast of Pergamum. 238. Ptolemy Euergetes and his wife Berenice II deified. Decree of Canopus. Attalus defeats Galatae and proclaims himself King of Pergamum. 230. Euthydemus of Magnesia seizes throne of Bactria on death of Diodotus II. 229. Rome first intervenes in affairs of Greece on behalf of Acarnanians. 226. Accession of Seleucus III Soter on death of his father, Seleucus Callinicus. 225. Attalus of Pergamum, “Friend of Rome,” defeats Seleucus Soter and seizes Syrian Asia Minor. 222. Accession of Antiochus III the Great, on assassination of his father, Seleucus Soter. 221. Accession of Ptolemy IV Philopator on death of his father, Ptolemy Euergetes. 219. Antiochus the Great reconquers Asia Minor. Antiochus the Great captures Jerusalem from Ptolemy Philopator. 217. Antiochus the Great transports 2,000 Jewish families from Babylon to Phrygia and Lydia. Ptolemy Philopator defeats Antiochus the Great at Raphia and recaptures Jerusalem and Samaria. Second Punic War. 216. Worship of Greek Sarapis and Isis established in Boeotia. 211. Accession of Artabanus I to throne of Parthia on death of his father Tiridates. 210. Artabanus of Parthia attacked by Antiochus the Great, who besieges his capital, but finally makes alliance with him. First Macedonian War. Romans and Aetolians against Philip. 205. Accession of Ptolemy V Epiphanes. Antiochus the Great seizes Palestine. 204. Statue of Great Mother brought from Pessinus to Rome. Scopas reconquers Palestine for Ptolemy Epiphanes and Jews revolt to latter. 200. Second Macedonian War. 198. Antiochus the Great defeats Scopas at Panion and reoccupies Jerusalem and Samaria. 197. Accession of Eumenes II on death of his father, Attalus of Pergamum. Philip defeated by Romans at Cynoscephalae. 196. Coronation of Ptolemy Epiphanes at Memphis. Rosetta Stone set up. 191. Ptolemy Epiphanes sends embassy to Rome to offer alliance. 190. Romans defeat Antiochus the Great at Magnesia. Accession of Demetrius on death of Euthydemus of Bactria. Accession of Priapatius on death of Artabanus of Parthia. 187. Accession of Seleucus IV Philopator on death of his father, Antiochus the Great. 182. Accession of Ptolemy VI Eupator. 181. Accession of Ptolemy VII Philometor. 180. Serapeum at Delos in existence. 175. Demetrius of Bactria annexes Cabul and Punjab.