Battle of Andros (246 BC)

Battle of Andros
Part of Third Syrian War
Date 246 BC Location Andros Result Antigonid victory
Belligerents
Antigonid Macedon	Ptolemaic Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Antigonus II Gonatas	Sophron of Ephesus Ptolemy Andromachou
Strength
numerically inferior	numerically superior

The Battle of Andros was an obscure naval battle during the Third Syrian War. Despite its numerical superiority, the Egyptian fleet, probably commanded by Sophron of Ephesus, lost to a Macedonian fleet led by Antigonus II Gonatas. The Egyptian captain Ptolemy Andromachou, an illegitimate half-brother of the Pharaoh, lost his ship and crew, barely escaping to Ephesus.

The date of the battle is uncertain, but generally the year 246/245 BC is accepted.^[1] Following the battle, the Egyptian king Ptolemy III Euergetes lost the dominion of the Nesiotic League to Antigonus Gonatas.^[2]

See also

• Ptolemaic Egypt
• Seleucid Empire
• Syrian Wars

References

1. Reger, Gary (1994). "The Political History of the Kyklades 260–200 B.C.". Historia 43 (1): 33. ISSN 0018-2311.
2. Morkot, Robert (2003). Historical Dictionary of Ancient Egyptian Warfare. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. p. 18.