Quote Originally Posted by abou
Rome gets itself on the map with the victory in the 1st Punic War and then becomes a major player after the 2nd, which then knocks Carthage off the list. Rome then removes Makedon (Philip screwing up) and Antiochos III removes the Ptolemies with his victory at Panion. At that point it is just Rome and the Seleukids.

Wasn't Mark Antony's Cleopatra a Ptolemy? I thought the Ptolemies were finally wiped out by Rome, not Seleukids. Am I mistaken?