Theodotus was an Aetolian general, who at the accession of the Seleucid monarch, Antiochus III the Great, held the command of the important province of Coele-Syria for Ptolemy Philopator, king of Egypt. Theodotus was an able general, and repulsed with ease the first attack made by the king of Syria upon his province, but instead of being rewarded by Ptolemy for his services, he was recalled to Alexandria, where he nearly fell a victim to the intrigues of some of the courtiers and favourites of the king. Wikipedia