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According to the Book of Mormon
, Antionum was a Nephite
military commander under the prophet
-general Mormon and lived during the 4th century. During the final war between the Nephites and the Lamanites, at the cataclysmic Battle of Cumorah, Antionum and his entire army of ten thousand men were killed, along with the other dozens of Nephite military commanders and their armies of ten thousand apiece. The Battle of Cumorah marked the end of the Nephite civilization.
Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is a sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement that adherents believe contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the American continent from approximately 2600 BC to AD 421. It was first published in March 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr...
, Antionum was a Nephite
Nephite
According to the Book of Mormon, a Nephite is a member of one of the four main groups of settlers of the ancient Americas. The other three groups are the Lamanites, Jaredites and Mulekites. In the Book of Mormon, the Nephites were a group of people descended from or associated with Nephi, the...
military commander under the prophet
Prophet
In religion, a prophet, from the Greek word προφήτης profitis meaning "foreteller", is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and serves as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other people...
-general Mormon and lived during the 4th century. During the final war between the Nephites and the Lamanites, at the cataclysmic Battle of Cumorah, Antionum and his entire army of ten thousand men were killed, along with the other dozens of Nephite military commanders and their armies of ten thousand apiece. The Battle of Cumorah marked the end of the Nephite civilization.