معركة ممر الشجرة الطائرة ، 218 ق
Battle of the Plane Tree Pass, 218 BCThe Battle of the Plane Tree Pass took place during the Fourth Syrian War, between the Seleucid Empire under Antiochus III the Great and Ptolemaic Egypt. Most of the fighting in this war involved sieges, as Antiochus captured a series of Ptolemaic strongpoints. The battle of the Plane Tree Pass was one of the few field engagements of the war, and came while Antiochus was advancing down the Phoenicia coast.