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3 unusual facts about Epiphanes


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.

Ptolemy V Epiphanes (reigned 204–181 BC), ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty


Agathocles of Egypt

They also formed a conspiracy with Sosibius aimed at placing Agathocles on the throne or at least making him regent for the new boy king, Ptolemy V Epiphanes.

Claudia Capitolina

After Epiphanes married Capitolina, they settled and lived in the court of her father-in-law King Antiochus IV of Commagene.

Gaius Julius Archelaus Antiochus Epiphanes

Epiphanes was the first-born son and child to King Antiochus IV of Commagene and Queen Iotapa of Commagene.

Julia Balbilla

After the death of Epiphanes, Capitolina returned to her birth city of Alexandria, Egypt where she married for the second time to the Roman Politician Marcus Junius Rufus.

Philopappos

After the death of Epiphanes, Claudia Capitolina returned to her birth city of Alexandria, Egypt where she married for the second time to the Roman Politician Marcus Junius Rufus.

Sarmoung Brotherhood

The Commagene King Antiochus I Theos Epiphanes (c. 86 BC-38 BC, ruled 70 BC-38 BC) seems to have been connected to the Brotherhood, and may even have been (as Adrian Gilbert suggests) its leader.


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