There is not much information about the Syrian Wars waged between the Seleucid Empire and the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt between 274 B.C. and 168 B.C.
What is known is that the wars so drained the infrastructure and manpower of both that their destruction and conquest by Rome and Parthia followed.
Today, two years after it started, the conflict in Syria threatens to cause not only tremendous loss of life but also destruction of property and the country's social fabric.