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| | Seleucus IV Philopator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Seleucus IV Philopator reigned from 187 BC to 176 BC over the Seleucid kingdom consisting of Syria (now including Cilicia and Palestine), Mesopotamia, Babylonia and Nearer Iran (Media and Persia). |
 | | The true heir, Demetrius, son of Seleucus, now being retained in Rome as a hostage, the kingdom was seized by the younger brother of Seleucus, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, even though an infant son, also named Antiochus, was formal head of state for a few years until Epiphanes had him murdered. |
 | | Seleucids The name given to the Macedonian dynasty, which was founded by Seleucus, a general under Alexander the Great. |
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