* Seleucus VI Epiphanes becomes king of the Seleucid Empire following the death of his father Antiochus VIII Grypus, and defeating in battle Antiochus IX Cyzicenus.

* Antiochus VIII Grypus, king of the Seleucid Empire ( murdered )

* Cleopatra Thea succeeds to the rule of the Seleucid Empire on the death of Seleucus V. She appoints Antiochus VIII Grypus as co-ruler.

* Antiochus VIII Grypus ( died 96 BC ), ruler of the Seleucid Empire, son of Demetrius II Nicator

* Antiochus XI Epiphanes ( died 92 BC ), ruler of the Seleucid Empire, son of Antiochus VIII Grypus and brother of Seleucus VI Epiphanes

* Antiochus XII Dionysus ( Epiphanes / Philopator / Callinicus ), ruler of the Seleucid Empire reigned 87 – 84 BC ; fifth son of Antiochus VIII Grypus

* Laodice VII Thea ( born after 122 BC ), daughter of Antiochus VIII Grypus and Cleopatra Tryphaena, wife of Mithridates I Callinicus and mother of Antiochus I Theos of Commagene

He was succeeded by his queen Cleopatra Thea and then by two of their sons, Seleucus V Philometor and Antiochus VIII Grypus.

Demetrius III ( died 88 BC ), called Eucaerus (" well-timed " possibly a misunderstanding of the derogative name Akairos, " the untimely one ") and Philopator, was a ruler of the Seleucid kingdom, the son of Antiochus VIII Grypus and his wife Tryphaena.

Zabinas managed to defeat Demetrius II, who fled to Tyre and was killed there, and thereafter ruled parts of Syria ( 128 BC – 123 BC ), but soon ran out of Egyptian support and was in his turn was defeated by Demetrius ' son Antiochus VIII Grypus.

She eventually ruled in co-regency with her son Antiochus VIII Grypus, who poisoned her in 121 or 120 BC.

Cleopatra bore him two sons, who later grew up to be kings: Seleucus V Philometor, Antiochus VIII Grypus, and possibly a daughter Laodice.

From 125 BC to 121 BC, Cleopatra ruled Syria and to legitimize her reign, she shared the throne with her son, Antiochus VIII Grypus.

Antiochus XII Dionysus ( Epiphanes / Philopator / Callinicus ), 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.

Philip I Philadelphus (, " Philip the brother-loving "), a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom, was the fourth son of Antiochus VIII Grypus and his wife Tryphaena.

Antiochus XI Epiphanes or Philadelphus, ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom, was a son of Antiochus VIII Grypus and his wife Tryphaena.

Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nikator, ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom, was the oldest son of Antiochus VIII Grypus and his wife Tryphaena.

Antiochus VIII Epiphanes / Callinicus / Philometor, nicknamed Grypus ( hook-nose ), was crowned as ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom in 125 BC.

Alexander Balas (), ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom in 150 – 146 BC, was a native of Smyrna of humble origin, but gave himself out to be the son of Antiochus IV Epiphanes and Laodice IV and heir to the Seleucid throne.

Along with his sister Laodice VI, the youngster Alexander was " discovered " by Heracleides, a former minister of Antiochus IV and brother of Timarchus, an usurper in Media who had been executed by the reigning king Demetrius I Soter.

Norman W. Porteous was one of the first to postulate that an anonymous writer wrote the book during the persecution under Antiochus.

After Antiochus met defeat at the Battle of Magnesia and was forced to accept Rome's terms, Hannibal fled again, making a stop in Armenia.

The holiday was called Hanukkah ( meaning " dedication ") because it marks the re-dedication of the Temple after its desecration by Antiochus IV Epiphanes.

His Commentary on Daniel was expressly written to offset the criticisms of Porphyry, who taught that Daniel related entirely to the time of Antiochus IV Epiphanes and was written by an unknown individual living in the 2nd century BC.

Jerome held that chapter eight describes the activity of Antiochus Epiphanes, who is understood as a " type " of a future antichrist ; 11: 24 onwards applies primarily to a future antichrist but was partially fulfilled by Antiochus.

It was in Larissa that Philip V of Macedon signed in 197 BC a treaty with the Romans after his defeat at Cynoscephalae, and it was there also that Antiochus III, the Great, won a great victory, 192 BC.

He observes that " Mithras — moreover, a Mithras who was identified with the Greek Sun god Helios " was among the gods of the syncretic Graeco-Armenian-Iranian royal cult at Nemrut founded by Antiochus I of Commagene in the mid 1st century BC.

It was not until 174 BC that the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who presented himself as the earthly embodiment of Zeus, revived the project and placed the Roman architect Decimus Cossutius in charge.

His son and successor, Antiochus I Soter, was left with an enormous realm consisting of nearly all of the Asian portions of the Empire, but faced with Antigonus II Gonatas in Macedonia and Ptolemy II Philadelphus in Egypt, he proved unable to pick up where his father had left off in conquering the European portions of Alexander's empire.

Seleucus II was soon dramatically defeated in the Third Syrian War against Ptolemy III of Egypt and then had to fight a civil war against his own brother Antiochus Hierax.

Antiochus agreed, but when they met and Antiochos held out his hand in friendship, Popilius placed in his hand the tablets on which was written the decree of the senate and telling him to read it.

Epiphanes ' young son, Antiochus V Eupator, was first overthrown by Seleucus IV's son, Demetrius I Soter in 161 BC.

Following the Roman general Lucullus ' defeat of both Mithridates and Tigranes in 69 BC, a rump Seleucid kingdom was restored under Antiochus XIII.

His successor was his son Antiochus I.

At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Bassus and Antiochus ( or, less frequently, year 1184 Ab urbe condita ).

Her father's Greek name was Antiochus, according to scriptures found in Palmyra.

31. 2 ), his name was Achilleus and his usurper was named Antiochus ( Zos.

Diodotus and his successors were able to maintain themselves against the attacks of the Seleucids — particularly from Antiochus III the Great, who was ultimately defeated by the Romans ( 190 BC ).

Either he or his half brother Antiochus IX Cyzicenus is probably identical with the ephemeral child ruler Antiochus Epiphanes, who was crowned by Cleopatra Thea after the death of Antiochus VII but before Demetrius II returned to Antioch.

Demetrius II ( Greek: Δημήτριος Β ` died 125 BC ), called Nicator ( Greek: " Νικάτωρ ", i. e. " Victor "), was one of the sons of Demetrius I Soter, brother of Antiochus VII Sidetes and his mother could have been Laodice V. He ruled the Seleucid Empire for two periods, separated by a number of years of captivity in Hyrcania in Parthia.

The current city name derives from St. Antiochus, evangelizer of the area, who was martyred in 125 AD.

Antiochus of Ascalon (; ; 125 – 68 BC ) was an Academic philosopher.