own. In Syria, however, the rule of the Seleucidae was maintained and their influence was potent in the political affairs of Palestine. In the year 201–200 B.C. Antiochus III of Syria, called the Great, defeated the Egyptian army under a general named Scopas at the battle of Panias, near the springs of the Jordan in northern Palestine. In two years Antiochus III gained control of all of Palestine and became the new overlord of the Jews. His attempt to Hellenize the Jews provoked the Maccabean revolt