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The Seleucid dynasty or the Seleucidae (/ s ɪ ˈ l uː s ɪ ˌ d iː /; Greek: Σελευκίδαι, Seleukídai, "descendants of Seleucus") was a Macedonian Greek royal family, which ruled the Seleucid Empire based in West Asia during the Hellenistic period.
Similarly, Seleucid rulers were described as kings in Babylonia. [ 17 ] The rulers did not describe themselves as being of any particular territory or people, but starting from the 2nd century BC, ancient writers referred to them as the Syrian kings, the kings of Syria or of the Syrians, the kings descended from Seleucus Nicator, the kings of ...
Antiochus III's second wife is attested in the hostile work of Polybius and the story is debated. [note 2] [12] Seleucus IV Philopator (c. 218–175 BC) 187–175 BC Laodice IV (187–175 BC) Son of Antiochus III and Laodice III. [13] He married Laodice IV, his brother Antiochus' widow. [14] Antiochus (c. 180–170 BC) 175–170 BC Unmarried
Seleucus IV Philopator [1] (Greek: Σέλευκος Φιλοπάτωρ, Séleukos philopátо̄r, meaning "Seleucus the father-loving"; c. 218 – 3 September 175 BC), [2] [3] ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, reigned from 187 BC to 175 BC over a realm consisting of Syria (now including Cilicia and Judea), Mesopotamia, Babylonia and ...
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes [note 1] (c. 215 BC–November/December 164 BC) [1] was king of the Seleucid Empire from 175 BC until his death in 164 BC. Notable events during Antiochus' reign include his near-conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt, his persecution of the Jews of Judea and Samaria, and the rebellion of the Jewish Maccabees.
Alexander I Theopator Euergetes, surnamed Balas (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος Βάλας, romanized: Alexandros Balas), was the ruler of the Seleucid Empire from 150 BC to August 145 BC. [1] Picked from obscurity and supported by the neighboring Roman-allied Kingdom of Pergamon , Alexander landed in Phoenicia in 152 BC and started a ...
Coin of Cleopatra Selene (front) and Antiochus XIII. Antiochus took the throne after the death of his father, king Antiochus X Eusebes, sometime between 92 and 85 BC.The new king was underage, and his mother, the Ptolemaic princess Cleopatra Selene of Syria, acted as his regent. [2]