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3 unusual facts about Antiochus Theos


Adıyaman Province

Nemrud Dağı is a major site of interest here, noted for its sanctuary of statues built by Antiochus Theos, king of Commagene.

Antiochus Theos

Antiochus II Theos (286 BC–246 BC), third king of the Seleucid Empire

Charaspes

However, there is controversy whether or not this king is actually an Armenian: he is not mentioned in the inscriptions in Nemrud Dagi which list the ancestors of Antiochus I Theos, and from other coin finds it appears that Charaspes was the name of a Scythian king in the western Black Sea region.



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