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| | Antiochus IV Epiphanes |
 | | Unfortunately for him, in 189 BC, he was defeated by the Roman army at the Battle of Magnesia. |
 | | In the Peace of Apamea which followed in 188 BC, Antiochus III was forced to give up all but ten of his warships, surrender outright the territory of Asia Minor (modern Turkey), and pay tribute of 15,000 talents (about $15,000,000 in pure silver, but worth much more in coin). |
 | | Of particular importance is the fact that in 164 BC, three years to the day after Antiochus IV desecrated the Temple, the Jews re-consecrated it to God's service. |
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