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Chapter 1:The Syrian Wars

With the war with the Seleucid Empire gaining momentum, the battle for Syria is at hand. Thrice has our ancestors been forced to flee Syria, and thrice we have returned. Our King Ptolemaios Philadelphios promises that this will be the last conquest of Syria.

The Battle Of Tarsos

Spring, 265 BC, Tarsos

The Seleucids have made the first move. By force marching an army around our defenses and attacking Tarsos of the north, they have caught us off guard. Our great Pharoah, in his ultimate wisdom, gathered his forces following the capture of Damaskos, and linking up with reinforcements from Antiochea, marched upon the intruding force.

The battle took place on an open plain south of Tarsos, as the Seleucid army turned to face the relieving force. As the battle commenced, the two armies formed up in their battle lines.





As the lines closed, the auxiliary archers from Crete loosed their arrows upon the Seleucid ranks.



As the battle lines met, the reinforcements from Tarsos arive and begin to hassle to Seleucid rear. The Phalanx engage each other in the center, with our more numerous Pezhetarioi quickly gaining the advantage. The Galatikoi Kleruchoi smashed into the center of the line, determined to hack apart the opposing Phalanx.

Our brave Pharoah then quickly disposed of the enemy calvary, and wheeled around to assault the rear of the Seleucid right flank.



Fearing the power of the almighty King and Pharoah, the Seleucid right flank quickly turned and fled,with our troops in pursuit. As the rest of the army closed in the remnants of the Seleucid center, the battle was already won. Now it was just a matter of how long it would take for Seleucids to realize this.





Upon seeing the dissolution oh half of his army, the cowardly Seleucid genereal attempted to flee, but was impaled on the lances of the Podromoi.



With their leader gone and their morale crumbling, the entire Seleucid force routed and fled for their lives. Casting down their weapons as their desperatley attemped to flee the our calvary, they were ruthlessly cut down and scattered to the hills.