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  Seleuciden - Wikipedia
Antiochus I Soter (mederegent sinds 291, regeerde 280 - 261 v.
Antiochus VI Dionysus (of Epiphanes) (145 - 140 v.
Antiochus VII Sidetes (of Euergetes) (138 - 129 v.
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 Antiochus Theos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antiochus I Theos Dikaios Epiphanes Philorhomaios Philhellen (69–40 BC), was the most important king of the small Middle East kingdom of Commagene, which was situated in a region that is now in south-eastern Turkey and inhabited largely by ethnic Kurds.
Antiochus was the son of king Mithradates I Callinicus and the Seleucid princess Laodice, daughter of the Syrian King Antiochus VIII.
Antiochus tried to balance the interests of his kingdom with the reality of the world power of the Roman Empire and preserve as much as possible Commagene's independence.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antiochus_Theos   (444 words)

  
 Antiochus I Soter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On the assassination of his father Seleucus I in 281 BC, the task of holding together the empire was a formidable one, and a revolt in Syria broke out almost immediately.
About 262 BC Antiochus tried to break the growing power of Pergamum by force of arms, but suffered defeat near Sardis and died soon afterwards (262 BC).
His eldest son Seleucus, who had ruled in the east as viceroy from 275 BC(?) till 268/267 BC, was put to death in that year by his father on the charge of rebellion.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antiochus_I_Soter   (358 words)

  
 Antiochus II Theos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antiochus II Theos (286–246 BC; reigned 261–246 BC) succeeded his father Antiochus I Soter as head of the Seleucid dynasty on 261 BC.
During the war he was given the title "Theos" which means "God" in Greek, being such to the Milesians in slaying the tyrant Timarchus.
Antiochus repudiated his wife Laodice and married Ptolemy's daughter Berenice to seal their treaty, but by 246 BC Antiochus had left Berenice and her infant son in Antioch to live again with Laodice in Asia Minor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antiochus_II_Theos   (258 words)

  
 Mt.Nemrut, Nemrut Dagi, Nemrut Tepesi,Adiyaman, Turkey-Adiyamanli.org
Antiochus, the son of King Mithridates, received an education from his parents which was a mixture of Greek and Persian.
Antiochus was interred in the sanctuary on the Nemrud, where his body was laid to rest in the tomb probably next to the tomb of his father.
Antiochus IV was defeated by the Roman legions during the War of Kommagene in 71 A.D. The small army of Kommagene was disbanded.
www.adiyamanli.org /mt_nemrut2.htm   (3324 words)

  
 antiochus ii theos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Antiochus II Theos (286-246 BC reigned 261 - 246 BC), whose mother was the Macedonian princess Stratonice, daughter of Demetrius Poliorcetes succeeded his father Antiochus I Soter as head of the Seleucid dynasty on 261 BC.
In Parthia, Antiochus II lost his territories to the nomad leader Arsaces around 250 BC.
About 250 BC peace was concluded between Antiochus and Ptolemy II, Antiochus repudiating his wife Laodice and marrying Ptolemy's daughter Berenice, but by 246 BC Antiochus had left Berenice and her infant son in Antioch to live again with Laodice in Asia Minor.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /antiochus_ii_theos.html   (259 words)

  
 Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible [Daniel XI].   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Antiochus divorced Berenice, took his former wife Laodice again, who soon after poisoned him, procured Berenice and her son to be murdered, and set up her own son by Antiochus to be king, who was called Seleucus Callinicus.
The Reign of Antiochus Epiphanes; Cruelty and Impiety of Antiochus; The Death of Antiochus.
Of the kings that came after Antiochus nothing is here prophesied, for that was the most malicious mischievous enemy to the church, that was a type of the son of perdition, whom the Lord shall consume with the breath of his mouth and destroy with the brightness of his coming, and none shall help him.
www.ccel.org /h/henry/mhc2/MHC27011.HTM   (7212 words)

  
 ANTIOCHUS II THEOS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
) (soms ook Antiochos II Theos gespeld) was koning van het Rijk der Seleuciden (Syrië) (261-246 v.
Zijn vader was koning Antiochus I Soter en zijn moeder de Macedonische prinses Stratonice II.
Toen hij aan de macht kwam was het rijk in oorlog met de Ptolemaeën onder koning Ptolemaeus II van Egypte.
www.thumpershollow.com /encyclopedia/A/Antiochus_II_Theos   (159 words)

  
 Seleucid dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Antiochus III marched his imperial army east, and by 219 BC abandoned by their armies, Molon and Alexander committed suicide.
Antiochus III took advantage of a dynastic succession in Egypt to attack Palestine; but after regaining Seleucia Pieria he was eventually defeated at Raphia in 217 BC.
Antiochus III with 10,000 men sailed across the Aegean and took Euboea, Thebes, and Thessaly, where he alienated Philip V. Smyrna and Lampsacus appealed to Rome, which gained the support of Philip V's Macedonians, and the Seleucids were defeated at Thermopylae, Antiochus III barely escaping by ship to Ephesus.
www.barca.fsnet.co.uk /seleucid-dynasty.htm   (1673 words)

  
 Glossary
Antiochus I was the son of Seleucus I, founder of the dynasty, and Apama I. Joint-king with his father from 292, he succeeded him early in 280 and ruled until his death on 1 or 2 June 261.
Antiochus V Eupator, son of Epiphanes and Laodice, was put to death by the army in 162 on the arrival in Syria of his cousin Demetrius I Soter, the younger son of Seleucus IV and Epiphanes’ rightful successor.
Antiochus VI Epiphanes Dionysus, the infant son of the pretender Alexander Balas (ruled 150-145), was put forward as king by Diodotus (Tryphon) in 143, dethroned by him in 142 and murdered by him in 138.
www.bibletexts.com /glossary/antiochus.htm   (1028 words)

  
 Kommagene - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Their son Antiochus Theos (69 - 40 BC) supported Pompey against the Parthians, and in 64 BC was rewarded with additional territories.
In AD 17 Tiberius deposed Antiochus III, but Caligula reinstated his son Antiochus IV Epiphanes who reigned until 72, when Vespasian deposed the dynasty.
The location of Antiochus' tomb is one of the mysteries of archeology and recent research has revealed that on the peak of Nemrud Mountain close to the mausoleum there are some cavities that could hold the tomb of the king.
www.open-encyclopedia.com /Kommagene   (363 words)

  
 Antiochus I Soter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Antiochus I Soter (324/323-26/261 BC reigned 281 BC - 261 BC) was half Persian, his mother Apame being one of those eastern princesses whom Alexander had given as wives to his generals in 324 BC.
On the assassination of his father (281 BC), the task of holding together the empire was a formidable one, and a revolt in Syria broke out almost immediately.
In 278 BC the Gauls broke into Asia Minor, and a victory which Antiochus won over these hordes is said to have been the origin of his title of Soter (Gr for "saviour").
usapedia.com /a/antiochus-i-soter.html   (297 words)

  
 Natural History -- Daniel 10 & 11
However the army of Antiochus was even greater -- 72,000 infantry, 6,000 horsemen and 102 elephants -- and at first gained the advantage, but too soon abandoned caution and sought to plunder an enemy not fully conquered and the Egyptian king was victorious.
Antiochus returned with great riches through Israel to Syria on his way home from Egypt, but antagonistic against the Covenant people and their destiny he plundered the temple in passing (II Maccabees 5; I Maccabees 1:20-).
Antiochus now resorted to words of persuasion, or "flatteries", and by his pleas, those who had transgressed the Covenant were inducing the right thinking majority to apostatize.
www.biblebelievers.org.au /bb000715.htm   (2508 words)

  
 Daniel 11:5   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
For Antiochus repudiated his wife Laodice, who was the mother of two sons whom she had born to Antiochus; namely, Seleucus Callinicus, and Antiochus the younger, named Hierax, a hawk, on account of his rapacity.
When Antiochus was dead, this woman was enflamed with vengeance, and in the perverseness of her disposition, she impelled her son to murder her rival, especially stimulating Seleucus Callinicus who succeeded to his father's throne.
For, although Antiochus Theos had been reconciled to her, yet some degree of rank and honor still attached to Bernice the daughter of Ptolemy.
www.ccel.org /c/calvin/comment3/comm_vol25/htm/vi.vi.htm   (1652 words)

  
 Four Visions in Daniel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
With the aid of king Eumenes of Pergamum Antiochus gained control of Antioch and the Seleucid throne under the name of Antiochus Theos Epiphanes.
Antiochus wasn't slated to become king: the rightful heir to the throne was Demetrius, the eldest son of Seleucus IV.
Antiochus IV became the Seleucid king in 175 BCE.
prophetess.lstc.edu /~rklein/Documents/fourvis.htm   (637 words)

  
 Antiochus Theos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Antiochus I Theos was king of the small Middle East kingdom of Kommagene (69 - 40 BC).
The son of king Mithradates Callinicus and a Seleucid princess Laodice, Antiochus is famous for founding the impressive sanctuary of Nemrud Dag.
Despite his efforts, his reign ended with Kommagene submitting to the Roman empire, and becoming a client-state under Augustus.
www.wikiverse.org /antiochus-theos   (75 words)

  
 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 196 (v. 1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
280, Antiochus suc­ceeded to the whole of his dominions, and prose­cuted his claims to the throne of Macedonia against Antigonus Gonatas, but eventually allowed the latter to retain possession of Macedonia on his marrying Phila, the daughter of Seleucus and Stratonice.
The rest of Antiochus' reign was chiefly occupied in wars with the Gauls, who had invaded Asia Minor.
His first cousin Achaeus, who might easily have assum­ed the royal power, was of great use to Antiochus at the commencement of his reign, and recovered for the Syrian monarchy all the provinces in Asia Minor, which Attains, king of Pergamus, had ap­propriated to himself.
ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/0205.html   (742 words)

  
 Banks/Dean Genealogy - Person Page 225
Antiochus I Theos married Isias Philostorgos, daughter of Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia and Athenais I Philostorgos.
Isias Philostorgos married Antiochus I Theos, son of Mithradates I Kallinikos and Laodice Thea Philadelphos.
Artavazdes I (?) married Anonyma (?), daughter of Antiochus I Theos and Isias Philostorgos.
www.gordonbanks.com /gordon/family/2nd_Site/geb-p/p225.htm   (2616 words)

  
 Read about Antiochus II Theos at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Antiochus II Theos and learn about Antiochus II ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Antiochus I Soter as head of the Seleucid dynasty on 261 BC.
He was the son of Antiochus I and princess Stratonice, the daughter of
Berenice to seal their treaty, but by 246 BC Antiochus had left Berenice and her infant son in
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Antiochus_II_Theos   (177 words)

  
 Commagene - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was able to deflect Roman attacks from Mark Antony, whom he eventually joined in the Roman civil war, but after Antony's defeat to Augustus, Commagene was made a Roman client state.
In AD 17 Tiberius deposed Antiochus III, but Caligula reinstated his son Antiochus IV who reigned until 72, when Vespasian deposed the dynasty.
Commagene is famous for its sanctuary located on Mount Nemrud (Nemrud Dagi), an enormous complex on a mountain-top founded by Antiochus Theos featuring giant statues of the king (whose epithet means God), surrounded by gods.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Commagene   (413 words)

  
 Seleucid dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Antiochus I Soter (co-ruler from 291, ruled 281 - 261BC)
Antiochus VI Dionysus (or Epiphanes) (145 - 140 BC ?)
Antiochus VII Sidetes (or Euergetes) (138 - 129 BC)
www.therfcc.org /seleucid-dynasty-58803.html   (213 words)

  
 Seleucid Dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Antiochus I Soter (co-ruler from 291, ruled 281 - 261 BC)
Antiochus VI Dionysus (or Epiphanes) (145 - 140 BC?)
Antiochus X Eusebes Philopator (95 - 92 BC or 83 BC)
www.wikiverse.org /seleucid-dynasty   (212 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Antiochus II (Ancient History, Middle East, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Antiochus II (Antiochus Theos)[AntI´ukus thE´os] Pronunciation Key, d.
B.C.), son and successor of Antiochus I. In warfare with Ptolemy II he had sporadic successes, but his marriage to Ptolemy's daughter Berenice sealed the peace, and most of the Syrian possessions his father had lost were restored to Antiochus.
On the death of Antiochus, his son by an earlier marriage, Seleucus II, and Berenice on behalf of her infant son struggled for the throne; a long war with Ptolemy III ensued.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/Antiochu2.html   (196 words)

  
 Appian's History of the Syrian Wars
Theos and Laodice, surnamed Callinicus, "the triumphant", succeeded Theos as king of Syria.
While Antiochus was encamped near Alexandria, Popilius came to him as Roman ambassador, bringing an order in writing that he should not attack the Ptolemies.
Antiochus nevertheless fought with the Parthians, was beaten, and committed suicide.
www.livius.org /ap-ark/appian/appian_syriaca_14.html   (989 words)

  
 Kommagene   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
His dynasty was related to the kings but his descendant Mithradates Callinicus (100 - 69 BC) embraced the hellenistic culture and married a Seleucid princess thus claiming dynastical ties both Alexander the Great and the Persian kings.
Kommagene is famous for its sanctuary located Nemrud Mountain (Nemrud Dagi) an enormous complex on a mountain-top by Antiochus Theos featuring giant statues of king (whose epithet means God) surrounded by gods.
The location of tomb is one of the mysteries of and recent research has revealed that on peak of Nemrud Mountain close to the there are some cavities that could hold tomb of the king.
www.freeglossary.com /Commagene   (349 words)

  
 Commagene   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
InAD 17 Tiberius deposed Antiochus III, but Caligula reinstated his son Antiochus IV Epiphanes who reigned until 72, when Vespasian deposed the dynasty.
Kommagene is famous for its sanctuary located in Nemrud Mountain (NemrudDagi), an enormous complex on a mountain-top founded by Antiochus Theos featuring giant statues of the king (whose epithetmeans God), surrounded by gods.
The location of Antiochus' tomb is one of the mysteries of archeology and recentresearch has revealed that on the peak of Nemrud Mountain close to the mausoleum there are some cavities that could hold the tombof the king.
www.therfcc.org /commagene-107457.html   (360 words)

  
 Antiochus - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Antiochus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Antiochus is the name of thirteen kings of the Seleucid dynasty:
*Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the oppressor of the Jews who provoked the revolt of the Maccabees.
Antiochus is also the name of four rulers of the small middle-eastern kingdom of Kommagene:
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Antiochus.html   (92 words)

  
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Whereas Antiochus Epiphanes was formerly said to have sprung up from among the four horns of the he goat, we have now seen that his identity is narrowed down to the kings of the North and the South – the two kingdoms of Syria and Egypt.
“Antiochus IV was the Seleucid king whose attempts to introduce pagan rites in Jerusalem led to the revolt of the Maccabees and the creation of a Jewish state.
Antiochus was a hostage in Rome for his father, who was defeated by the Romans.
www.wotruth.com /COMMENTARIES-NEW/Daniel/dan-35.htm   (12691 words)

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