Arabia

255 BCE

Rabbath Ammon occupied by Ptolemy II and renamed to Philadelphia in his own honor

218 BCE
217 BCE

Philadelphia comes back under Lagid control over the Battle of Raphia

200 BCE

Seleukid victory at the Battle of Barium, putting Philadelphia securely under Seleukid rule

165 BCE

Philadelphia attacked by Judas Maccabeus

135 BCE

Philadelphia ruled by the tyrant Zenon Kotylas and his son Theodorus

84 BCE

Nabataeans take Philadelphia again after defeating the Seleukids in the Battle of Cana

63 BCE

Nabataeans forced to withdraw from Philadelphia under pressure from Rome

31 BCE

War between the Herodians and Nabataeans starts, much of it fought around Philadelphia

44 CE

Boundary dispute between Philadelphia and Jews in Perea

106 CE

Trajan annexes the Nabataean Kingdom, including Bostra.

114 CE

The Roman general Quietus, under orders from Trajan, captures Singara

117 CE

The Romans abandon Singara

197 CE

Singara again captured in the Parthian campaign under Septimius Severus

344 CE

Singara is besieged by Shapur I

360 CE

Sasanians sack Singara