ahh yes i was aware that Ptolemy was the one who helped seleucus rise to power
im really talking about the entire history of the empires not just the first dew good kings tho :D
most of the Ptolemies after Ptolemy III just lost more and more land and less influence
for raphia it it was antiochus not realising that the battle was over rather than Ptolemy IV's strategy
also i believe that although he was present in the battle he left most of the commanding to merc generals such as Polycrates of Argos?? correct me if im wrong. As well as the fact that ptolemy himself was a weak king under the influence of his ministers who were the ones who organised the recruitment of the army