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	Seleucid Empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Antiochus III the Great is considered the greatest of the Seleucid monarchs, but his campaigns in Greece in 192 BC attracted the attention of the Roman Republic, who exacted punitive war indemnities.
		Antiochus VI Dionysus (or Epiphanes) (145 - 140 BC?)
		Antiochus VII Sidetes (or Euergetes) (138 - 129 BC)
	www.uncover.us /en/wikipedia/s/se/seleucid_empire.html (611 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)

	antiochus
		Antiochus was the name of several Syrian kings between 280 BC to 65 BC.
		He was succeeded (187) by his son, Seleucus IV Philopator, spoken of by Daniel (11:20) as "a raiser of taxes", in the Revised Version, "one that shall cause an exactor to pass through the glory of the kingdom."
		Enraged at this, Antiochus marched against them in person, threatening utterly to exterminate the nation; but on the way he was suddenly arrested by the hand of death (164 BC).
	www.fact-library.com /antiochus.html (210 words)

	Antiochus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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:
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antiochus (119 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Seleucids
		Under Soter's son, ANTIOCHUS II THEOS (261-46), began the wars with the Ptolemies for the possession of Phoenicia and Palestine.
		The marriage of Antiochus II to Berenice, daughter of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, brought about a temporary cessation of the struggle; but on Ptolemy's death, Laodice, the first and disowned wife of Antiochus, was recalled and avenged herself by having Antiochus, Berenice, and their child put to death.
		His two brothers ANTIOCHUS XI and Philip continued the war, but were defeated, and during the flight Antiochus XI met death in the waves of the Orontes.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13690a.htm (1368 words)

	Articles - Seleucid Empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Antiochus I (reigned 281-261 BC) and his son and successor Antiochus II Theos (reigned 261-246 BC) were faced with challenges in the west, including repeated wars with Ptolemy II and a Celtic invasion of Asia Minor -- distracting attention from holding the eastern portions of the Empire together.
		Antiochus and Philip V of Macedon then made a compact to divide the Ptolemaic possessions outside of Egypt, and in the Fifth Syrian War, the Seleucids ousted Ptolemy V from control of Coele-Syria.
		Demetrius Nicator's brother, Antiochus VII, was ultimately able to restore a fleeting unity and vigour to the Seleucid domains, but he too proved unequal to the Parthian threat: he was killed in battle with the Parthians in 129 BC, leading to the final collapse of the Seleucid hold on Babylonia.
	www.milliondata.com /articles/Seleucid_Empire?mySession=eef7147ac43e1eac4cc5a7a527251956 (1934 words)

	First Maccabees: The remarkable story of the Maccabees. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Jason, the brother of Onias III, bribed Antiochus IV to be appointed high priest at Jerusalem and arranged for the conversion of Jerusalem into a polis.
		Antiochus was soon displaced as king by his cousin Demetrius (I Maccabees 7:1-4), who continued to support the Hellenists in Judea by appointing a man named Alcimus as high priest (vv.
		Antiochus confirmed the status of Jonathan as high priest, governor, and "Friend of the king,'' and he made Simon governor of territory on the Mediterranean coast "from the Ladder of Tyre to the borders of Egypt'' (11:57-59).
	www.bibarch.com /Perspectives/6.3F.htm (6333 words)

	Upto11.net - Wikipedia Article for Seleucid dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Antiochus the Great now plundered temple treasures, but this policy got him killed in Luristan in western Persia (Iran) and seriously damaged loyalty to the dynasty.
		Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164 BC), notorious in history for his conflict with the Jews (the Maccabean insurrection) carried out an initially successful campaign in Persia but died along the way.
		Antiochus III the Great, 223-187 BC In 140 BC, the Seleucid king Demetrius II deciced that enough was enough and summoned whatever resources he had to check the Parthian advance.
	upto11.net /generic_wiki.php?q=seleucid_dynasty (1800 words)

	Successors of Alexander Genealogy
		ANTIOCHUS I SOTER co-ruler 292-280 BC; sole ruler September 280-261 BC assassinated, elder son of Seleucus I, born 324 BC.
		ANTIOCHUS VIII PHILOMETOR (or GRYPOS) co-ruler 125-121 BC; sole ruler 121-96 BC, younger son of Demetrius II.
		Antiochus VIII the Seleucid state was reduced to a small area of Syria.
	www.aoti76.dsl.pipex.com /seleucid_gen.htm (1221 words)

	Christian History Handbook: Ancient: Appendix III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It was in 85 that Antiochus XII Dionysus marched down across northwestern Judea on his way to war with the Nabataeans in the south.
		Grypos' youngest son, Antiochus XII Dionysius, succeeded to the crown of Demetrius III.
		Antiochus XIII with the support of Shemash-Geram, Nabataean chieftain of Emesa, attempted to revive the Seleucid realm ruling from the mouth of the Orontes at Seleucia.
	www.sbuniv.edu /~hgallatin/ht3463aa03.html (9844 words)

	List of ancient Greeks
		Antiochus VI Dionysus - Seleucid king of Syria
		Antiochus XII Dionysus - Seleucid king of Syria
		Ptolemy XII of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
	www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_ancient_greeks.html (1017 words)

	Josephus (Flavius) Jewish War Summary
		The Syrian king Antiochus Epiphanes [Antiochus IV, "God Manifest", ruled as King 175 -164 BCE] captures Jerusalem and plunders the Sanctuary, triggering the revolt let by Matthias son of Asamonaeus against the Bacchides....
		Antiochus VIII defeated by Hyrcanus' sons Aristobulus I and Antigonus.
		Antiochus Epiphanes son of Antiochus IV of Commagene arrives with Macedonians.
	www.mcgoodwin.net /pages/otherbooks/fv_jewishwar.html (3501 words)

	Hellenistic Period (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Jason, the brother of Onias, bribed Antiochus IV to be appointed high priest at Jerusalem and arranged for the conversion of Jerusalem into a polis.
		Antiochus IV maintained a relationship with Jewish Hellenizers, led by Menelaus, for seven years.
		Antiochus IV instituted idolatrous pagan worship at the Temple and there converted the altar of burnt offering to an altar of sacrifice to Zeus.
	www.bibarch.com /Chronology/Hellenistic/H-Period.htm (1141 words)

	Seleucid dynasty
		In 301 BC, Antigonos was defeated by a coalition of other generals, and Seleucus became master of Syria as well, and in 281 BC he took Asia Minor and the wars of the Diadochs ended.
		At the age of eighty Seleukos was murdered by a fugitive Egyptian prince, but the throne passed on to Antiochus I (281-261 BC), his son by Persian noblewoman Apamea, and after that to his son Antiochus II (261-246 BC), who ruled as Great Kings from Samarkhand to the Aegean Sea.
		Antiochus I the Soter (280 to 261 BC)
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/History/SeleucidDynasty.html (1768 words)

	SFAGN: Collection / Antiochos XII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kleopatra Tryphaina was certainly the mother of Antiochos XI and Philip I and presumably the mother of Seleukos VI, Demetrios III, Antiochos XII and Laodike Thea.
		Antiochus was defeated and fled to the Parthians.
		Antiochus gave them the meeting, and fought desperately; and indeed when he had gotten the victory, and was bringing some auxiliaries to that part of his army that was in distress, he was slain.
	www.sfagn.com /collection/antiochos_xii.html (3968 words)

	DEMETRIUS II - Online Information article about DEMETRIUS II
		DIONYSUS (probably = " son of Zeus," from & Os and vv(7os, a Thracian word for " son ")
		CYZICENUS (reigned 116-95), the son of Cyzicenus, ANTIOCHUS X. EUSEBES (reigned 95-83?), and the son of Eusebes, ANTIOCHUS XIII.
		Pompey appeared in Syria in 64, Antiochus XIII.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /DEM_DIO/DEMETRIUS_II.html (823 words)

	SFAGN: Numismatic and Historic Miscellanea / The End of the Seleucids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Antiochus was killed and such of his force as was not destroyed was forced to serve in the Parthian army.
		Antiochus addresses his correspondent as “his brother King Ptolemy Alexander.” Now this Ptolemy, the younger son of Cleopatra (III) had been sent as governor to Cyprus in 113/2 and was not officially king in Alexandria until 108/7, when his mother exiled her elder son and summoned the younger one.
		Antiochus thereupon besought the aid of Sampsiceramus of Emesa and prepared to resist, reviving the rivalry of Grypus and Cyzicenus in the third generation.
	www.sfagn.com /miscellanea/bellinger.html (16838 words)

	Ptolemy XII
		Ptolemy XII and his brother Ptolemy of Cyprus from the two sons of Ptolemy IX said to have been by Cleopatra Selene that he left in Alexandria when he fled in 107, and explain what happened to the latter two, and there are no good grounds for doing so (see discussion under (iv) below).
		It identifies Ptolemy XII and his brother Ptolemy of Cyprus with the two sons of Ptolemy IX that he left in Alexandria when he fled in 107, who according to Justin were sons of Selene (Justin 39.4).
		Quaegebeur proposes that the decoration of the pylons continued after Ptolemy XII and Cleopatra V dedicated the building in 70, and that the reliefs were not quite complete when she was removed from office in late 69.
	www.geocities.com /christopherjbennett/ptolemies/ptolemy_xii.htm (8745 words)

	Sketches in the History of Western Philosophy
		Antiochus' name is even today preserved in the name of the city of Antioch, though its modern name, Antakya, is in a language, Turkish, that would have been no more familiar to the Hellenistic Greeks than Navajo.
		Antiochus III has come to the throne, but he has not yet engaged in the campaigns that will earn him the epithet "the Great." Nor has he encountered the misfortune, the Romans, that will turn his achievements to nought.
		Antiochus III stopped this process and began to reverse it, marching to India and wresting Palestine from the Ptolemies, but then had the misfortune to become the first Seleucid to clash with Rome.
	www.friesian.com /hist-1.htm (12266 words)

	Seleucus I biography
		Seleucus I Nicator (312-c.281 B.C.), the first of the line, was the son of Antiochus, a general of Philip of Macedon.
		His son and successor was Antiochus I Soter (c.281-261), followed by his son Antiochus II Theos (261-246), who was poisoned by his former wife, Laodice, mother of Seleucus II CaIlinicus (246-226).
		He was succeeded by Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164), in whose reign the Jews rose under the Maccabees.
	www.dromo.info /seleucusbio.htm (515 words)

	Total War Center Forums - The Seleucids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Seleucid king Antiochus III the Great was able to reconquer these territories between 209 and 204.
		In 196, Antiochus III crossed the Hellespont in order to add Thrace to his empire (which happened in 194).
		Antiochus received support from many Greek towns and help from the famous general Hannibal, but was defeated and forced to pay a tremendous sum of money.
	www.twcenter.net /forums/archive/index.php/t-3161.html (1419 words)

	Kingdoms of Syria - Seleucids
		Fighting the Egyptian Ptolemy IV for control of their mutual border, Antiochus is fought to a draw at Raphia.
		Antiochus IV tries to introduce Hellenic culture into Jerusalem.
		Antiochus is the last Seleucid emperor of the East.
	www.kessler-web.co.uk /History/KingListsMiddEast/SyriaSeleucids.htm (249 words)

	Antiochus IV - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Antiochus IV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Antiochus IV - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Antiochus IV Antiochus IV - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Antiochus IV.
		*Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Seleucid ruler of Judea who was displaced by the revolt of the Maccabees.
		The orginal Antiochus IV article can be editet
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Antiochus-IV.html (115 words)

	Antiochus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Antiochus is the name of thirteen kings of the (Click link for more info and facts about Seleucid dynasty) Seleucid dynasty:
		Antiochus is also the name of four rulers of the small (Click link for more info and facts about middle-eastern) middle-eastern kingdom of (Click link for more info and facts about Kommagene) Kommagene:
		(Click link for more info and facts about Antiochus IV of Syria) Antiochus IV of Syria, who ruled during the time of (Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity; noted for his cruelty and tyranny; was assassinated (12-41)) Caligula;
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/An/Antiochus.htm (285 words)

	Shop Fresh : Article 'Antiochus V Eupator' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At this juncture Demetrius, the son of Seleucus IV, escaped from Rome and was received in Syria as the true king.
		Preceded by:Antiochus IV Seleucid Ruler Succeeded by:Demetrius I de:Antiochos V. Text: Antiochus V Eupator
		Preceded by:Seleucus IV Seleucid Ruler Succeeded by:Antiochus V External link The Deaths of Antiochus, Razias, and Nicanor, by Bede (http://www.freewebs.com/rex_gentivm/fourtalesofblood.htm)de:Antiochos IV.
	www.shop-fresh.net /DisplayArticle101392.html (263 words)

	Antiochus - Unipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Coinage of the Eastern Seleucid Mints from Seleucus I to Antiochus III (Numismatic Studies No 1)
		Nemrud Dag: The Hierothesion of Antiochus I of Commagene (Volume 2, Illustrations): Results of the American Excavations Directed by Theresa B. Goell
		Nemurd Dagi: The Hierothesion of Antiochus I of Commagene (2 Volume Set): Results of the American Excavations Directed by Theresa B. Goell
	www.unipedia.info /Antiochus.html (221 words)

	Seleucid Empire, page 2 (Demetrius I - Phillip II) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		His forces beat Demetrius II in Lebanon and he was supposedly much loved by the populace (until he started robbing temples).
		He is usually shown smiling on his coins, probably before he realized that he was going to be put to death by Cleopatra Thea's son, Antiochus VIII, in 123 BC.
		Son of Antiochus X. Reign 69 - 64 BC.
	www.grifterrec.com /coins/seleucia/seleucid2.html (418 words)

	Nabataea: Early History
		Using a mass of camel riders, he forced Jannaeus into a deep valley where the Nabataeans completed the ambush and gained their revenge over loosing Gaza.
		Around 86 BC Seleucid ruler Antiochus XII Dionysus mounted an invasion against Obodas I. Both Antiochus and Obodas died in battle but the Seleucid army was utterly defeated.
		Obodas was buried in the Negev, at a place that was renamed in honor: Obodat (modern Avdat).
	nabataea.net /ehistory.html (2857 words)

	Antiochus VIII Grypus
		Following the example of the previous king, Antiochus VIII also sent much food home with guests whom attended banquets he hosted.
		Further, he added the camel to carry the guest, along with it's attendant.
		This habit probably endeared him to the nobles, but must have been a terrible drain on the treasury.
	www.ancientroute.com /people/Antioc08.htm (75 words)

	Index of ancestors of Daniel and Lalou Rostrup Holdt
		Ruled 115-95 BC Antiochus V Eupator King of Syria
		Ruled 164-162 BC Antiochus VII Euergetes King of Syria
		Ruled in 95 BC Antiochus XII Dionysus King of Syria
	www.american-pictures.com /genealogy/TEMP/87.htm (94 words)

	Nabataea: Time Line
		The Nabataeans chose to buy off Antigonus with costly gifts, a pattern they would use in the future when dealing with invaders
		Antiochus XII Dionysus of Damascus (87-84 B.C.) set out to fight the Nabataeans.
		Rabbel fell in battle but the Kingdom was saved
	nabataea.net /tline.html (728 words)

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