Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Raphia.

Fought B.C. 223, between the Egyptians, under Ptolemy Philopator, and the Syrians, under Antiochus the Great. Antiochus at first held the advantage, but pressing too far in the pursuit, was overpowered and totally routed. The Syrians lost 14,000 killed and 4,000 prisoners.