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The Seleucid Empire

  • Antiochus (father of Seleucus I Nicator)
    Antiochus (father of Seleucus I Nicator)
    Antiochus was a Macedonian man that lived during the time of Philip II of Macedon, who ruled from 359 BC-336 BC. He originally came from Orestis, Macedonia....

     (born 4th-century BC), father of Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Hellenstic Seleucid Empire
  • Antiochus I Soter
    Antiochus I Soter
    Antiochus I Soter , was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. He reigned from 281 BC - 261 BC....

     (died 261 BC), king of the Seleucid Empire
  • Antiochus II Theos
    Antiochus II Theos
    Antiochus II Theos was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Kingdom who reigned 261 BC – 246 BC). He succeeded his father Antiochus I Soter in the winter of 262–61 BC...

     (286 BC–246 BC), king of the Seleucid Empire who reigned 261 BC–246 BC
  • Antiochus Hierax
    Antiochus Hierax
    Antiochus Hierax , or Antiochus III, , so called from his grasping and ambitious character, was the younger son of Antiochus II and Laodice I and separatist leader in the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom, who ruled as king of Syria during his brother's reign.On the death of his father, in 246 BCE,...

     (died 226 BC), rebel brother of Seleucus II Callinicus
  • Antiochus III the Great
    Antiochus III the Great
    Antiochus III the Great Seleucid Greek king who became the 6th ruler of the Seleucid Empire as a youth of about eighteen in 223 BC. Antiochus was an ambitious ruler who ruled over Greater Syria and western Asia towards the end of the 3rd century BC...

     (241–187 BC, king 222–187 BC), younger son of Seleucus II Callinicus, became the 6th ruler of the Seleucid Empire
    • Antiochus (son of Antiochus III the Great)
      Antiochus (son of Antiochus III the Great)
      Antiochus was a Greek Seleucid Prince, first born child to the Seleucid Monarchs Antiochus III the Great and Laodice III and his father’s first heir....

      , the first son of Antiochus III the Great
  • Antiochus IV Epiphanes
    Antiochus IV Epiphanes
    Antiochus IV Epiphanes ruled the Seleucid Empire from 175 BC until his death in 164 BC. He was a son of King Antiochus III the Great. His original name was Mithridates; he assumed the name Antiochus after he ascended the throne....

     (215 BC–164 BC), ruler of the Seleucid Empire from 175 BC until 164 BC
  • Antiochus V Eupator (173 BC–162 BC), ruler of the Seleucid Empire who reigned 164-162 BC
  • Antiochus VI Dionysus
    Antiochus VI Dionysus
    Antiochus VI Dionysus , king of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom, was the son of Alexander Balas and Cleopatra Thea, daughter of Ptolemy VI of Egypt....

     (148–138 BC), king of the Seleucid Empire, son of Alexander Balas and Cleopatra Thea
  • Antiochus VII Sidetes
    Antiochus VII Sidetes
    Antiochus VII Euergetes, nicknamed Sidetes , ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, reigned from 138 to 129 BC. He was the last Seleucid king of any stature....

     (died 129 BC), king of the Seleucid Empire, reigned from 138 to 129 BC
  • Antiochus VIII Grypus
    Antiochus VIII Grypus
    Antiochus VIII Epiphanes/Callinicus/Philometor, nicknamed Grypus , was crowned as ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom in 125 BC. He was the son of Demetrius II Nicator and Cleopatra Thea.-Biography:...

     (died 96 BC), ruler of the Seleucid Empire, son of Demetrius II Nicator
  • Antiochus IX Cyzicenus
    Antiochus IX Cyzicenus
    Antiochus IX Eusebes, ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom, was the son of Antiochus VII Sidetes and Cleopatra Thea. Upon the death of his father in Parthia and his uncle Demetrius II Nicator's return to power , his mother sent him to Cyzicus on the Bosporus, thus giving him his nickname...

     (died 96 BC), ruler of the Seleucid Empire, son of Antiochus VII Sidetes and Cleopatra Thea, half-brother of Antiochus VIII
  • Antiochus X Eusebes
    Antiochus X Eusebes
    Antiochus X Eusebes Philopator, ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom, was a contestant in the tangled-up family feuds among the last Seleucids. Beginning his reign in 95 BC his first achievement was to defeat his double half-cousin/second cousin Seleucus VI Epiphanes, thus avenging the recent death...

     (died 83 BC), ruler of the Seleucid Empire from 95 BC
  • Antiochus XI Epiphanes
    Antiochus XI Epiphanes
    Antiochus XI Epiphanes or Philadelphus, ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom, was a son of Antiochus VIII Grypus and his wife Tryphaena. Antiochus XI was a brother of Seleucus VI Epiphanes and a minor participant in the civil wars which clouded the last years of the once glorious Seleucids, now...

     (died 92 BC), ruler of the Seleucid Empire, son of Antiochus VIII Grypus and brother of Seleucus VI Epiphanes
  • Antiochus XII Dionysus
    Antiochus XII Dionysus
    Antiochus XII Dionysos , a ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom who reigned 87–84 BC, was the fifth son of Antiochus VIII Grypus and Tryphaena to take up the diadem...

     (Epiphanes/Philopator/Callinicus), ruler of the Seleucid Empire reigned 87–84 BC; fifth son of Antiochus VIII Grypus
  • Antiochus XIII Asiaticus
    Antiochus XIII Asiaticus
    Antiochus XIII Dionysus Philopator Kallinikos, known as Asiaticus was one of the last rulers of the Greek Seleucid kingdom.He was son of king Antiochus X Eusebes and the Ptolemaic princess Cleopatra Selene I, who acted as regent for the boy after his father's death sometime between 92 and 85 BC...

     (died 64 BC), one of the last rulers of the Seleucid Empire
  • Antiochus, the infant son of Antiochus II Theos
    Antiochus II Theos
    Antiochus II Theos was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Kingdom who reigned 261 BC – 246 BC). He succeeded his father Antiochus I Soter in the winter of 262–61 BC...

  • Antiochus, first son of Seleucus IV Philopator
    Seleucus IV Philopator
    Seleucus IV Philopator , ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, reigned from 187 BC to 175 BC over a realm consisting of Syria , Mesopotamia, Babylonia and Nearer Iran . He was the second son and successor of Antiochus III the Great and Laodice III...


Kingdom of Commagene

  • Antiochus I Theos of Commagene
    Antiochus I Theos of Commagene
    Antiochus I Theos Dikaios Epiphanes Philorhomaios Philhellenos Antiochus I Theos Dikaios Epiphanes Philorhomaios Philhellenos Antiochus I Theos Dikaios Epiphanes Philorhomaios Philhellenos (Greek: о Αντίοχος Θεός Δίκαιος Επιφανής Φιλορωμαίος Φιλέλλην, meaning Antiochos, a just, eminent god, friend...

     (died 38 BC), reigned 70 BC-38 BC
  • Antiochus II of Commagene
    Antiochus II of Commagene
    Antiochus II Epiphanes, also known as Antiochus II of Commagene was a man of Armenian and Greek descent. Antiochus II was a prince from the Kingdom of Commagene and the second son of King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene and Queen Isias Philostorgos...

     (died 29 BC)
  • Antiochus III of Commagene
    Antiochus III of Commagene
    Antiochus III Epiphanes was the ruler of the Kingdom of Commagene from 12 BC to 17 AD. He was the son and successor of King Mithridates III of Commagene and Princess of Media and Queen of Commagene, Iotapa, and of mixed Armenian, Greek and Median descent. His parents were first cousins.When...

     (died 17), reigned 12 BC-17
  • Antiochus IV of Commagene
    Antiochus IV of Commagene
    Gaius Julius Antiochus IV Epiphanes , the last king of Commagene, reigned between 38-72 as a client king to the Roman Empire.-Life:Antiochus was a prince and son of Antiochus III of Commagene and his mother was Queen Iotapa of Commagene. The parents of Antiochus IV were full-blooded siblings, who...

    , reigned 38-72

Princes of Commagene

  • Antiochus II of Commagene
    Antiochus II of Commagene
    Antiochus II Epiphanes, also known as Antiochus II of Commagene was a man of Armenian and Greek descent. Antiochus II was a prince from the Kingdom of Commagene and the second son of King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene and Queen Isias Philostorgos...

     (died 29 BC)
  • Gaius Julius Archelaus Antiochus Epiphanes
    Gaius Julius Archelaus Antiochus Epiphanes
    Gaius Julius Archelaus Antiochus Epiphanes, also known as Julius Archelaus Epiphanes; Epiphanes; Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes or simply known as Gaius was an influential prince of the Kingdom of Commagene, who lived in the 1st century.Epiphanes was the first-born son and child to King...

     (38-92)
  • Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappos
    Philopappos
    Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappos or Philopappus, was a Prince of the Kingdom of Commagene who lived in the Roman Empire during the 1st century and 2nd century. He was one of the most prominent Greeks who lived in the Roman Empire....

     (65–116)

Others

  • Antiochus (mythology)
    Antiochus (mythology)
    In Greek mythology, the name Antiochus may refer to:*Son of Heracles and Meda. Both his maternal grandfather and his own son bore the name Phylas. He was the eponym of the Athenian phyle Antiochis....

    , name of four figures in Greek mythology
  • Antiochus of Syracuse
    Antiochus of Syracuse
    Antiochus of Syracuse was a Greek historian, who flourished around 420 BC. Little is known of his life, but his works, of which only fragments remain, enjoyed a high reputation because of their accuracy...

     (c. 423 BC), Greek historian
  • Antiochus, Athenian admiral of Alcibiades
    Alcibiades
    Alcibiades, son of Clinias, from the deme of Scambonidae , was a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general. He was the last famous member of his mother's aristocratic family, the Alcmaeonidae, which fell from prominence after the Peloponnesian War...

     (407 BC)
  • Antiochus of Ascalon
    Antiochus of Ascalon
    Antiochus , of Ascalon, , was an Academic philosopher. He was a pupil of Philo of Larissa at the Academy, but he diverged from the Academic skepticism of Philo and his predecessors...

     (c. 130–68 BC), philosopher, member of Plato’s Academy
  • Antiochus of Sulcis
    Antiochus of Sulcis
    Saint Antiochus of Sulcis was an early Christian martyr of Sardinia. The island and town of Sant'Antioco are named after him. He is a figure associated with the Sardinian mines from which the Romans extracted minerals and precious metals; the Romans condemned prisoners of war and Christians to...

     (died 110), Christian martyr from Sardinia
  • Antiochus of Athens
    Antiochus of Athens
    Antiochus of Athens was an influential Hellenistic astrologer who flourished around 200 AD. There is some disagreement as to when he lived and wrote. Franz Cumont argued that he lived as early as the 1st century BC, while David Pingree placed him as late as the end of the 2nd century AD. The one...

     (c. 200 CE), philosopher and astrologer
  • Antiochus Chuzon
    Antiochus Chuzon
    Antiochus Chuzon , called "the Elder" to distinguish him from his nephew, was a high official of the Eastern Roman Empire, praetorian prefect of the East and consul, who participated in the formulation of the Codex Theodosianus....

    , 5th-century politician of the Byzantine Empire
  • Antiochus of Palestine
    Antiochus of Palestine
    Antiochus of Palestine, also known as Antiochus Strategos and Antiochus the Monk, was a 7th century monk.He is believed to have been born near Ancyra . He lived first as a solitary, then became a monk and Abbot of the famous Lavra of St. Saba near Jerusalem...

    , 7th-century monk
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