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3 unusual facts about Antiochus IV Epiphanes


Antiochus IV Epiphanes

Since Seleucus' legitimate heir, Demetrius I Soter, was still a hostage in Rome, Antiochus, with the help of King Eumenes II of Pergamum, seized the throne for himself, proclaiming himself co-regent for another son of Seleucus, an infant named Antiochus (whom he then murdered a few years later).

Epiphanes

Antiochus IV Epiphanes (c. 215–164 BC), ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire

Gaius Julius Antiochus IV Epiphanes (aka Antiochus IV Epiphanes or Antiochus IV of Commagene), the last king of Commagene who reigned between 38-72.



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