Ankhwennefer (pharaoh)

According to Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson, Ankhwennefer "daringly" marched his remaining forces into the north, where he plundered and devastated as much as possible to disrupt the Ptolemaic supply lines.

[3] The rebel pharaoh was probably aided by the outbreak of new anti-Ptolemaic rebellions in the Nile Delta and the Fifth Syrian War between the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Seleucid Empire.

[1] In 200 BC, much of the Ptolemaic army was destroyed by the Seleucids in the Battle of Panium; this allowed Ankhwennefer to re-strengthen his regime.

[1] In 197 or 196 BC, the Ptolemies launched a counter-offensive and retook Lycopolis in the Delta;[3][6] this city may or may not have been held by rebels loyal to Ankhwennefer.

[9] Historian Alan B. Lloyd argued that these Nubians were possibly interested in protecting the Amun temples at Thebes.