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Antiochus I was the son of king Mithridates I Callinicus and queen Laodice VII Thea of Commagene. [5] Antiochus was half Iranian , a distant member of the Orontid dynasty [ 6 ] and half Greek. [ a ] Antiochus' father Mithridates was the son of King Sames II Theosebes Dikaios of Commagene and an unidentified woman.
The younger Antiochus himself would marry his full-blooded sister Iotapa. Antiochus was of Armenian [1] descent. Through his ancestor from Commagene, Queen Laodice VII Thea, who was the mother of King Antiochus I of Commagene, he was a direct descendant of the Greek Seleucid kings. Antiochus appears to have been very young when his father died ...
Mithridates and Laodice's son was King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene (reigned 70 –38 BC). Antiochus was an ally of the Roman general Pompey during the latter's campaigns against Mithridates VI of Pontus in 64 BC. Thanks to his diplomatic skills, Antiochus was able to keep Commagene independent from the Romans. In 17 when Antiochus III of ...
Commagene was a small Irano-Hellenistic kingdom [1] in southern Anatolia near Antioch, which began life as a tributary state of the Seleucid Empire and later became an independent kingdom, before eventually being annexed by the Roman Empire in 72.
Some of the statues near the peak of Mount Nemrut. The mountain lies 40 km (25 mi) north of Kahta, near Adıyaman.In 62 BC, King Antiochus I of Commagene built on the mountain top a tomb-sanctuary flanked by huge statues 8–9-metre high (26–30 ft) of himself, two lions, two eagles, and various composite Greek and Iranian gods, such as Heracles-Artagnes-Ares, Zeus-Oromasdes, and Apollo ...
In particular, the inscriptions left by the Orontid king Antiochus I of Commagene (r. 70–31 BC ) at Mount Nemrut contain the most information about the genealogy of the Orontids. [ 29 ] Their presence as a ruling dynasty in Armenia can be traced back to at least 400 BC, [ 30 ] at which time Orontes I appears as the Satrap of Armenia under the ...
Antiochus II (Greek: Ἀντίοχος, flourished 1st century BC) was a man of Iranian and Greek descent. Antiochus II was a prince from the Kingdom of Commagene and the second son of King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene. He was the youngest brother of prince and future king Mithridates II of Commagene. Very little is known of Antiochus II.
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