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 ).

For years in a manner similar to what befell the Roman provinces under the Germans or the Irish under the Normans, the chieftains and their war bands ravaged the western half of Asia Minor, as allies of one or other of the warring princes, without any serious check, until they sided with the renegade Seleucid prince Antiochus Hierax, who reigned in Asia Minor.

* Antiochus's alliance with Antigonus II, now fully in possession of Macedonia, is cemented by Antigonus ' marriage to Phila, Antiochus ' half sister.

He opens hostilities against his half brother Ptolemy II, by declaring his province of Cyrenaica to be independent and then attacks Egypt from the west as Antiochus I takes the Egyptian controlled areas in coastal Syria and southern Anatolia, after which he attacks Palestine.

After a military victory in the Battle of Beth-Zecharia, and the killing of Eleazar, a brother of Judas Maccabaeus, Lysias was informed that Philip, ( a confidant of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who had accompanied this previous king to conquer Mesopotamia, and had been entrusted prior to the death of the king with the upbringing of Antiochus V ), was returning to the capital with the other half of the Seleucid army.

Antiochus I was half Persian, his mother Apama being one of the eastern princesses whom Alexander the Great had given as wives to his generals in 324 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.

Apama was Demetrius ’ niece, who was a daughter of his paternal half sister Stratonice of Syria from her marriage to Greek king of the Seleucid Empire Antiochus I Soter.

Antiochus IX Cyzicenus was the half brother of the king of Syria, Antiochus VIII Grypus.

Ariarathes V was of mixed Greek and Persian ancestry, although he was predominantly Greek by descent, he was the son of Ariarathes IV of Cappadocia who was half Greek Macedonian and Persian and his Greek spouse Antiochis who was the daughter of the Seleucid King Antiochus III of the Greek-Macedonian Seleucid dynasty.

* Following Antiochus III's defeat by the Romans, the two Armenian satraps of Antiochus III's, Artaxias and Zariadres, declare themselves independent of the Seleucids.

Antiochus was of Armenian, Greek and Medes descent.

Antiochus is first mentioned in the ancient sources in 69 BC, when the Roman Lucullus campaign against Armenian King Tigranes the Great.

In 62 BC, King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene built on the mountain top a tomb-sanctuary flanked by huge statues ( high ) of himself, two lions, two eagles and various Greek, Armenian, and Iranian gods, such as Hercules-Vahagn, Zeus-Aramazd or Oromasdes ( associated with the Iranian god Ahura Mazda ), Tyche, and Apollo-Mithras.

After Alexander the Great's death in 323 BC, various Macedonian generals such as Neoptolemus tried to take control of the region, but ultimately failed and a native Armenian dynasty of Orontids flourished until Armenia was conquered by Antiochus III the Great ( ruled 222-187 BC ).

One year later, the Romans disrupted the Armenian state, and Cleopatra Selene I's son, Antiochus XIII, the last king of the Seleucid dynasty, tried unsuccessfully to unify the state.

Many interpreters identify this ruler as Antiochus Epiphanes, the Greek ruler of Syria.

The Greek inscription reads ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ( Antiochus, image of God, bearer of victory ).

The Macedonians, especially Seleucus I and his son Antiochus I ), established the Seleucid Empire and founded great many Greek towns.

* 164 BC – Antiochus IV Epiphanes (" God Manifest "), Seleucid king of the Syrian kingdom who has reigned since 175 BC, and has encouraged Greek culture and institutions but also attempted to suppress Judaism, which has led to the uprisings in Judea towards the end of his reign ( b. c. 215 BC )

* Antiochus of Ascalon, Greek philosopher ( b. c. 130 BC )

* Antiochus XI Epiphanes, king of the Greek Seleucid Empire, drowned

* Antiochus III occupies parts of the kingdom of Pergamum and a number of Greek cities in Anatolia.

* Flamininus is sent to negotiate with Antiochus III and warns him not to interfere with the Greek states.

* Through the peace treaty of Apamea ( in Phrygia ), the Romans force the Seleucid king, Antiochus III, to surrender all his Greek and Anatolian possessions as far east as the Taurus Mountains, to pay 15, 000 talents over a period of 12 years and to surrender to Rome the former Carthaginian general Hannibal, his elephants and his fleet, and furnish hostages, including the king's eldest son, Demetrius.

* With the aid of the Greek statesman and historian Polybius, the son of the former Seleucid king Seleucus IV Philopator, Demetrius escapes from Rome, where he has been held as a hostage for many years, and returns to Syria to claim the throne from his nephew Antiochus V. In the resulting dispute, Antiochus V and his regent, Lysias, are overthrown and put to death.

* Antiochus IV Epiphanes (" God Manifest "), Seleucid king of the Syrian kingdom who has reigned since 175 BC, and has encouraged Greek culture and institutions but also attempted to suppress Judaism, which has led to the uprisings in Judea towards the end of his reign ( b. c. 215 BC )

* Antiochus ( mythology ), name of four figures in Greek mythology

* Antiochus of Syracuse ( c. 423 BC ), Greek historian

The Seleucid king Antiochus wins a major battle over the Gauls leading to his being given the title of Soter ( Greek for " saviour ").

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 Seleucid Kingdom.

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.

Antiochus V, Ancient Greek | Greek inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY means " of king Antiochus "