Antiochus epiphanes biography
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Gaius Julius Archelaus Antiochus Epiphanes
Prince of the Kingdom of Commagene (38 AD AD)
Gaius Julius Archelaus Antiochus Epiphanes, also known as Julius Archelaus Epiphanes; Epiphanes; Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes or simply known as Gaius (Greek: Γάιος Ἰούλιος Ἀρχέλαος Ἀντίοχος Ἐπιφανής, AD) was an influential prince of the Kingdom of Commagene, who lived in the 1st century.
Biography
[edit]Epiphanes was the first-born son and child to King Antiochus IV of Commagene and Queen Iotapa of Commagene. His parents were full-blooded siblings. His parents were Roman Client Monarchs of Commagene who lived under the Roman Empire in the 1st century. His younger siblings were prince Callinicus and princess Iotapa.
He was of Armenian, Greek and Median descent. Through his ancestor from Commagene, Queen Laodice VII Thea, who was the mother of King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene, he was a direct descendant of the Greek Syrian Kingdom, the Seleucid Empire. He was most pr
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Antiochus
ANTIOCHUS°, name of 13 Seleucid monarchs who ruled Syria for the greater part of two and a half centuries. They include:
(1) ANTIOCHUS I SOTER (b. B.C.E.), son of Seleucus I Nicator, ruled from to Although unsuccessful in his attempt to capture *Coele-Syria (–72) from *Ptolemy II of Egypt, Antiochus nevertheless pursued his father's policy of founding Greek cities throughout the empire, and was even erroneously credited in late rabbinic and Roman literature with the founding of the capital, Antioch.
(2) ANTIOCHUS II THEOS, son of Antiochus I, ruled from to B.C.E. Antiochus recaptured those parts of Syria and Asia Minor lost by his father in the First Syrian War. His confrontations with the Egyptian king, and the intrigues of his wives (which eventually caused his death) are alluded to in the Book of Daniel ff. Scholars have pointed to a passage in Josephus (Ant., –7) as proof that Antiochus II granted special rights and even full citizenship to the Jews of certain
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes ("manifestation of the god"): name of a Seleucid king, ruled from to
Successor of: his elder brother Seleucus IV Philopator
Relatives:
Main deeds:
- Original name: Mithradates
- After the Syrian War, Rome and the Seleucid Empire conclude the Peace of Apemea; the Seleucids are to pay an indemnity and Antiochus is held captive in Rome
- Accession of Seleucus IV Philopator
- Antiochus fryst vatten replaced as hostage bygd Seleucus' son Demetrius
- 3 September the Seleucid commander Heliodorus kills Seleucus IV, who is succeeded by his son Antiochus, who fryst vatten too ung to rule
- With support of king Eumenes II Soter of Pergamon, Antiochus becomes king; Heliodorus killed
- Jason appointed as high präst in Jerusalem
- Refoundation of Babylon as a Greek comunity
- or visit to Jerusalem
- / Antiochus' stepdaughter (from his wife's first marriage) Nysa marries Pharnaces of Pontus