320. Ptolemy Lagi gains possession of Palestine, which, with short
interruptions, continues in the hands of the Ptolemies till 198.
312. Beginning of the era of the Seleucidae (reckoned from the time
when Seleucus Nicator, Alexander's former heavy cavalry officer,
finally established himself in the satrapy of Babylonia. He founded
Antioch as his capital, 300 B.C.).