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Megás – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Antiochos III. Megás" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiochus_III_Mawr" title="Antiochus III Mawr – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Antiochus III Mawr" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiochos_3._af_Seleukideriget" title="Antiochos 3. af Seleukideriget – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Antiochos 3. af Seleukideriget" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiochos_III." title="Antiochos III. – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Antiochos III." data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%87%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%93%CE%84_%CE%BF_%CE%9C%CE%AD%CE%B3%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Αντίοχος Γ΄ ο Μέγας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αντίοχος Γ΄ ο Μέγας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%ADoco_III_el_Grande" title="Antíoco III el Grande – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Antíoco III el Grande" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioko_III.a_Handia" title="Antioko III.a Handia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Antioko III.a Handia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85" title="آنتیوخوس سوم – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آنتیوخوس سوم" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiochos_III" title="Antiochos III – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Antiochos III" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%88%ED%8B%B0%EC%98%A4%EC%BD%94%EC%8A%A4_3%EC%84%B8_%EB%A9%94%EA%B0%80%EC%8A%A4" title="안티오코스 3세 메가스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="안티오코스 3세 메가스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%B6%D5%BF%D5%AB%D5%B8%D6%84%D5%B8%D5%BD_III_%D5%84%D5%A5%D5%AE" title="Անտիոքոս III Մեծ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Անտիոքոս III Մեծ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioh_III._Veliki" title="Antioh III. Veliki – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Antioh III. Veliki" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiokhos_yang_Agung" title="Antiokhos yang Agung – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Antiokhos yang Agung" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioco_III" title="Antioco III – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Antioco III" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99" title="אנטיוכוס השלישי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אנטיוכוס השלישי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A5%E1%83%94_III_%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%98" title="ანტიოქე III დიდი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ანტიოქე III დიდი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%85_%D0%86%D0%86%D0%86" title="Ұлы Антиох ІІІ – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Ұлы Антиох ІІІ" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%AEoxos_III_Megas" title="Antîoxos III Megas – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Antîoxos III Megas" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiochus_III_Magnus" title="Antiochus III Magnus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Antiochus III Magnus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiochas_III_Didysis" title="Antiochas III Didysis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Antiochas III Didysis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/III._Antiokhosz_szeleukida_uralkod%C3%B3" title="III. Antiokhosz szeleukida uralkodó – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="III. Antiokhosz szeleukida uralkodó" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti%C3%B4k%C3%B4sy_III_Megasy" title="Antiôkôsy III Megasy – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Antiôkôsy III Megasy" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF_%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_III" title="മഹാനായ അന്ത്യോക്കസ് III – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="മഹാനായ അന്ത്യോക്കസ് III" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A5%E1%83%94_III_%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%98" title="ანტიოქე III დიდი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ანტიოქე III დიდი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA" title="انطيوخوس التالت – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="انطيوخوس التالت" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn" style="background-color: #cbe; color:inherit; font-size: 125%">Antiochus III</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><i><a href="/wiki/Great_king" title="Great king">Basileus Megas</a></i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image photo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Antiochos_III.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Antiochos_III.jpg/220px-Antiochos_III.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="324" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Antiochos_III.jpg/330px-Antiochos_III.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Antiochos_III.jpg/440px-Antiochos_III.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2165" data-file-height="3185" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-bottom:0.2em;padding-top:0.2em;">Bust from the <a href="/wiki/Louvre" title="Louvre">Louvre</a>, possibly Roman copy of Hellenistic portrait of Antiochus III</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Basileus" title="Basileus">Basileus Megas</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reign</th><td class="infobox-data">April/June 223 – 3 July 187 BC<br />(36 years)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Seleucus_III_Ceraunus" title="Seleucus III Ceraunus">Seleucus III Ceraunus</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Seleucus_IV_Philopator" title="Seleucus IV Philopator">Seleucus IV Philopator</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><div style="height: 4px; width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 241 BC</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Susa" title="Susa">Susa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">3 July 187 BC (aged 54)<br /><a href="/wiki/Susa" title="Susa">Susa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Laodice_III" title="Laodice III">Laodice III</a><br />Euboea of Chalcis</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Issue_(genealogy)" title="Issue (genealogy)">Issue</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Antiochus_(son_of_Antiochus_III_the_Great)" title="Antiochus (son of Antiochus III the Great)">Antiochus</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Seleucus_IV_Philopator" title="Seleucus IV Philopator">Seleucus IV Philopator</a><br />Ardys<br />Laodice of Bactria<br /><a href="/wiki/Laodice_IV" title="Laodice IV">Laodice IV, Queen of the Seleucid Empire</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Cleopatra_I_Syra" title="Cleopatra I Syra">Cleopatra I Syra, Queen of Egypt</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Antiochis_(daughter_of_Antiochus_the_Great)" title="Antiochis (daughter of Antiochus the Great)">Antiochis, Queen of Cappadocia</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Antiochus_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="Antiochus IV">Antiochus IV</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:left">Names</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data nickname" style="text-align:left; padding-left:0.7em;">Antiochos ho Mégas<br />Ἀντίoχoς ὁ Μέγας<br />("Antiochus the Great")</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">Dynasty</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Seleucid_dynasty" title="Seleucid dynasty">Seleucid</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Seleucus_II_Callinicus" title="Seleucus II Callinicus">Seleucus II Callinicus</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mother</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Laodice_II" title="Laodice II">Laodice II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greek_polytheism" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek polytheism">Greek polytheism</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Antiochus III the Great</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">Greek</a>: Ἀντίοχος ὁ Μέγας, <i>Antíochos ho Mégas</i>; <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 241</span> – 3 July 187 BC)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a Greek <a href="/wiki/Hellenistic_period" title="Hellenistic period">Hellenistic</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Seleucid_rulers" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Seleucid rulers">king</a> and the 6th ruler of the <a href="/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</a>, reigning from 223 to 187 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-Davies,_Philip_R._2002_95_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davies,_Philip_R._2002_95-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Garg,_Gaṅgā_Rām_1992_510_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Garg,_Gaṅgā_Rām_1992_510-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jones,_Peter_V.;_Sidwell,_Keith_c._1997_20_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jones,_Peter_V.;_Sidwell,_Keith_c._1997_20-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He ruled over the <a href="/wiki/Syria_(region)" title="Syria (region)">region of Syria</a> and large parts of the rest of <a href="/wiki/Western_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Asia">western Asia</a> towards the end of the 3rd century BC. Rising to the throne at the age of eighteen in April/June 223 BC, his early campaigns against the <a href="/wiki/Ptolemaic_Kingdom" title="Ptolemaic Kingdom">Ptolemaic Kingdom</a> were unsuccessful, but in the following years Antiochus gained several military victories and substantially expanded the empire's territory. His traditional designation, <i>the Great</i>, reflects an epithet he assumed. He also assumed the title <i>Basileus Megas</i> (Greek for "<a href="/wiki/Great_King" class="mw-redirect" title="Great King">Great King</a>"), the <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">traditional title of the Persian kings</a>. A militarily active ruler, Antiochus restored much of the territory of the Seleucid Empire, before suffering a serious setback, towards the end of his reign, in his war against Rome. </p><p>Declaring himself the "champion of Greek freedom against Roman domination", Antiochus III <a href="/wiki/Roman%E2%80%93Seleucid_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman–Seleucid War">waged a four-year war</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman Republic</a> beginning in mainland Greece in the autumn of 192 BC<sup id="cite_ref-Whitehorne,_John_Edwin_George_1994_84_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitehorne,_John_Edwin_George_1994_84-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wilson._Nigel_Guy_2005_58_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilson._Nigel_Guy_2005_58-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before being decisively defeated at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Magnesia" title="Battle of Magnesia">Battle of Magnesia</a>. He died three years later on campaign in the east. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antiochus_III_the_Great&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background_and_early_reign">Background and early reign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antiochus_III_the_Great&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background and early reign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:225fkr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/225fkr.jpg/220px-225fkr.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/225fkr.jpg/330px-225fkr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/225fkr.jpg/440px-225fkr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="890" /></a><figcaption>Seleucid Kingdom at the time of Antiochus's accession to the throne.</figcaption></figure> <p>Antiochus III was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Hellenistic_kingdoms" class="mw-redirect" title="Hellenistic kingdoms">Hellenistic</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Seleucid_rulers" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Seleucid rulers">Seleucid dynasty</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bertman,_Stephen_2003_76_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bertman,_Stephen_2003_76-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Zion,_Noam_;_Spectre,_Barbara_2000_57_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zion,_Noam_;_Spectre,_Barbara_2000_57-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Baskin,_Judith_R._;_Seeskin,_Kenneth_2010_37_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baskin,_Judith_R._;_Seeskin,_Kenneth_2010_37-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Glubb,_Sir_John_Bagot_1967_34_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Glubb,_Sir_John_Bagot_1967_34-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the son of king <a href="/wiki/Seleucus_II_Callinicus" title="Seleucus II Callinicus">Seleucus II Callinicus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Laodice_II" title="Laodice II">Laodice II</a>, aunt of Seleucus, and was born around 242 BC near <a href="/wiki/Susa" title="Susa">Susa</a> in <a href="/wiki/Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Persia">Persia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jonsson,_David_J._2005_566_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jonsson,_David_J._2005_566-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He may have initially borne a non-dynastic name (starting with Ly-), according to a Babylonian chronicle. He succeeded, under the name Antiochus, his brother <a href="/wiki/Seleucus_III_Ceraunus" title="Seleucus III Ceraunus">Seleucus III Ceraunus</a>, upon the latter's murder in Anatolia; he was in Babylon at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Antiochus III inherited a disorganized state. Not only had <a href="/wiki/Anatolia" title="Anatolia">Asia Minor</a> become detached, but the easternmost provinces had broken away, <a href="/wiki/Bactria" title="Bactria">Bactria</a> under the Seleucid <a href="/wiki/Diodotus_of_Bactria" class="mw-redirect" title="Diodotus of Bactria">Diodotus of Bactria</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Parthia" title="Parthia">Parthia</a> under the rebel satrap <a href="/wiki/Andragoras_(Seleucid_satrap)" title="Andragoras (Seleucid satrap)">Andragoras</a> in 247–245 BC, who was himself later vanquished by the nomad chieftain <a href="/wiki/Arsaces_I_of_Parthia" title="Arsaces I of Parthia">Arsaces</a>. In 222 BC, soon after Antiochus's accession, <a href="/wiki/Media_(region)" title="Media (region)">Media</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fars_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Fars Province">Persis</a> revolted under their governors, the brothers <a href="/wiki/Molon" title="Molon">Molon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alexander_(satrap)" title="Alexander (satrap)">Alexander</a>. The young king, under the influence of the minister <a href="/wiki/Hermeias" title="Hermeias">Hermeias</a>, headed an attack on Ptolemaic Syria instead of going in person to face the rebels. The attack against the Ptolemaic empire proved a fiasco, and the generals sent against Molon and Alexander met with disaster. Only in Asia Minor, where the king's cousin, <a href="/wiki/Achaeus_(general)" title="Achaeus (general)">Achaeus</a>, represented the Seleucid cause, did its prestige recover, driving the Pergamene power back to its earlier limits.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 221 BC Antiochus at last went far east, and the rebellion of Molon and Alexander collapsed which <a href="/wiki/Polybius" title="Polybius">Polybius</a> attributes in part to his following the advice of <a href="/wiki/Zeuxis_(general)" title="Zeuxis (general)">Zeuxis</a> rather than Hermeias.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The submission of Lesser Media, which had asserted its independence under <a href="/wiki/Artabazanes_of_Media_Atropatene" class="mw-redirect" title="Artabazanes of Media Atropatene">Artabazanes</a>, followed. Antiochus conspired with his physician and allies to have Hermeias assassinated,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then returned to <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> (220 BC). Meanwhile, Achaeus himself had revolted and assumed the title of king in Asia Minor. Though, due to the brewing mutiny of his troops arising from their dissatisfaction over his rebellion against their king, Achaeus desisted from his attempted coup and retreated.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While sending additional threats to Achaeus, Antiochus left him for the time being and renewed his attempts on Ptolemaic Syria.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_wars_against_other_Hellenistic_rulers">Early wars against other Hellenistic rulers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antiochus_III_the_Great&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early wars against other Hellenistic rulers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:194fkr.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/194fkr.JPG/220px-194fkr.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/194fkr.JPG/330px-194fkr.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/194fkr.JPG/440px-194fkr.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="890" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</a> after the wars of expansion</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Wars#Fourth_Syrian_War_(219-217_BC)" title="Syrian Wars">Fourth Syrian War</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seleucid%E2%80%93Parthian_wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Seleucid–Parthian wars">Seleucid–Parthian wars</a></div> <p>The campaigns of 219 BC and 218 BC carried the Seleucid armies almost to the confines of the <a href="/wiki/Ptolemaic_Kingdom" title="Ptolemaic Kingdom">Ptolemaic Kingdom</a>, but in 217 BC <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_IV_Philopator" title="Ptolemy IV Philopator">Ptolemy IV</a> defeated Antiochus at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Raphia" title="Battle of Raphia">Battle of Raphia</a>. This defeat nullified all Antiochus's successes and compelled him to withdraw north of <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a>. In 216 BC his army marched into western Anatolia to suppress the local rebellion led by Antiochus's own cousin <a href="/wiki/Achaeus_(general)" title="Achaeus (general)">Achaeus</a>, and had by 214 BC driven him from the field into <a href="/wiki/Sardis" title="Sardis">Sardis</a>. Capturing Achaeus, Antiochus had him executed. The citadel managed to hold out until 213 BC under Achaeus's widow <a href="/wiki/Laodice_of_Pontus" title="Laodice of Pontus">Laodice</a> who surrendered later.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Having thus recovered the central part of Asia Minor (for the Seleucid government had perforce to tolerate the dynasties in <a href="/wiki/Pergamon" title="Pergamon">Pergamon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bithynia" title="Bithynia">Bithynia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cappadocia" title="Cappadocia">Cappadocia</a>), Antiochus turned to recovering the outlying provinces of the north and east. He besieged <a href="/wiki/Xerxes_of_Sophene" title="Xerxes of Sophene">Xerxes of Armenia</a> in 212 BC, who had refused to pay tribute, and forced his capitulation.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChahin1987190_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChahin1987190-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 209 BC Antiochus invaded <a href="/wiki/Parthia" title="Parthia">Parthia</a>, occupied the capital <a href="/wiki/Qumis,_Iran" title="Qumis, Iran">Hecatompylos</a> and pushed forward into <a href="/wiki/Hyrcania" title="Hyrcania">Hyrcania</a>, winning the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mount_Labus" title="Battle of Mount Labus">Battle of Mount Labus</a>. The Parthian king <a href="/wiki/Arsaces_II_of_Parthia" title="Arsaces II of Parthia">Arsaces II</a> apparently successfully sued for peace.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Antiochos_III_the_Great,_Tetradrachm,_222-187_BC,_HGC_9-447u.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Antiochos_III_the_Great%2C_Tetradrachm%2C_222-187_BC%2C_HGC_9-447u.jpg/275px-Antiochos_III_the_Great%2C_Tetradrachm%2C_222-187_BC%2C_HGC_9-447u.jpg" decoding="async" width="275" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Antiochos_III_the_Great%2C_Tetradrachm%2C_222-187_BC%2C_HGC_9-447u.jpg/413px-Antiochos_III_the_Great%2C_Tetradrachm%2C_222-187_BC%2C_HGC_9-447u.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Antiochos_III_the_Great%2C_Tetradrachm%2C_222-187_BC%2C_HGC_9-447u.jpg/550px-Antiochos_III_the_Great%2C_Tetradrachm%2C_222-187_BC%2C_HGC_9-447u.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="384" /></a><figcaption>Silver coin of Antiochus III. Reverse shows <a href="/wiki/Apollo" title="Apollo">Apollo</a> seated on omphalos, holding bow and arrows, with Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, "of King Antiochus".</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bactrian_campaign_and_Indian_expedition">Bactrian campaign and Indian expedition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antiochus_III_the_Great&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Bactrian campaign and Indian expedition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The year 209 BC saw Antiochus in <a href="/wiki/Bactria" title="Bactria">Bactria</a>, where the <a href="/wiki/Greco-Bactrian_Kingdom" title="Greco-Bactrian Kingdom">Greco-Bactrian</a> king <a href="/wiki/Euthydemus_I" title="Euthydemus I">Euthydemus I</a> had supplanted the original rebel. Antiochus again met with success.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Euthydemus was defeated by Antiochus at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Arius" title="Battle of the Arius">Battle of the Arius</a>, but after resisting the Seleucid king in the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Bactra" title="Siege of Bactra">Siege of Bactra</a>, he obtained an honourable peace by which Antiochus promised Euthydemus's son <a href="/wiki/Demetrius_I_of_Bactria" title="Demetrius I of Bactria">Demetrius</a> the hand of Laodice, his daughter, and allowed Euthydemus himself to keep his royal title.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Polybius_11.34_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Polybius_11.34-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Antiochus next, following in the steps of Alexander, crossed into the <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a> valley, reaching the realm of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indian</a> king <a href="/wiki/Sophagasenus" title="Sophagasenus">Sophagasenus</a> and returned west by way of <a href="/wiki/Seistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Seistan">Seistan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kerman_province" title="Kerman province">Kerman</a> (206/5).<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_13-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Polybius" title="Polybius">Polybius</a>: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>He crossed the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_Kush" title="Hindu Kush">Caucasus</a> and descended into India, renewed his friendship with <a href="/wiki/Sophagasenus" title="Sophagasenus">Sophagasenus</a>, king of the Indians, and received more elephants, raising their number to a total of one hundred and fifty, and provisioned his army once more on the spot. He himself broke camp with his troops, leaving behind <a href="/wiki/Androsthenes_of_Cyzicus" title="Androsthenes of Cyzicus">Androsthenes of Cyzicus</a> to bring back the treasure which this king (Sophagasenus) had agreed to give him.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKosmin201435–36_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKosmin201435–36-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Polybius_11.34_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Polybius_11.34-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Persia_and_Coele_Syria_campaigns">Persia and Coele Syria campaigns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antiochus_III_the_Great&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Persia and Coele Syria campaigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Syrian_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Fifth Syrian War">Fifth Syrian War</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Antik_S%C4%B0kkeler_Antiochus_III.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Antik_S%C4%B0kkeler_Antiochus_III.jpg/275px-Antik_S%C4%B0kkeler_Antiochus_III.jpg" decoding="async" width="275" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Antik_S%C4%B0kkeler_Antiochus_III.jpg/413px-Antik_S%C4%B0kkeler_Antiochus_III.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Antik_S%C4%B0kkeler_Antiochus_III.jpg/550px-Antik_S%C4%B0kkeler_Antiochus_III.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="785" /></a><figcaption>Gold <a href="/wiki/Ancient_drachma" title="Ancient drachma">octodrachm</a> of Antiochus III; Antioch mint 204-197 BC. Obverse shows king wearing <a href="/wiki/Diadem" title="Diadem">diadem</a>. Reverse shows Apollo seated on omphalos holding bow and arrows, with Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, <i>Basileōs Antiokhou, "</i>of King Antiochus".</figcaption></figure> <p>From <a href="/wiki/Seleucia" title="Seleucia">Seleucia on the Tigris</a> he led a short expedition down the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Gerrha" title="Gerrha">Gerrhaeans</a> of the Arabian coast (205 BC/204 BC). Antiochus seemed to have restored the Seleucid empire in the east, which earned him the title of "the Great" (Antiochos Megas).<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 205/204 BC the infant <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_V_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Ptolemy V of Egypt">Ptolemy V Epiphanes</a> succeeded to the Egyptian throne, and Antiochus is said (notably by <a href="/wiki/Polybius" title="Polybius">Polybius</a>) to have concluded a secret pact with <a href="/wiki/Philip_V_of_Macedon" title="Philip V of Macedon">Philip V of Macedon</a> for the partition of the Ptolemaic possessions.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_13-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the terms of this pact, <a href="/wiki/Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedon">Macedon</a> was to receive the Ptolemaic possessions around the Aegean Sea and <a href="/wiki/Cyrene,_Libya" title="Cyrene, Libya">Cyrene</a>, while Antiochus would annex <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a> and Egypt. </p><p>Once more Antiochus attacked the Ptolemaic province of Coele Syria and Phoenicia, and by 199 BC he seems to have had possession of it before the Aetolian leader <a href="/wiki/Scopas_of_Aetolia" title="Scopas of Aetolia">Scopas</a> recovered it for Ptolemy. But that recovery proved brief, for in 198 BC Antiochus defeated Scopas at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Panium" title="Battle of Panium">Battle of Panium</a>, near the sources of the <a href="/wiki/Jordan_River" title="Jordan River">Jordan</a>, a battle which marks the end of Ptolemaic rule in <a href="/wiki/Judea" title="Judea">Judea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_13-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="War_against_Rome_and_death">War against Rome and death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antiochus_III_the_Great&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: War against Rome and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Roman%E2%80%93Seleucid_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman–Seleucid War">Roman–Seleucid War</a></div> <p>Antiochus then moved to Asia Minor, by land and by sea, to secure the coast towns which belonged to the remnants of Ptolemaic overseas dominions and the independent Greek cities. This enterprise earned him the antagonism of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman Republic</a>, since <a href="/wiki/Smyrna" title="Smyrna">Smyrna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lampsacus" title="Lampsacus">Lampsacus</a> appealed to the Republic, which at the time acted as a defender of Greek freedom. The tension grew when Antiochus in 196 BC established a footing in <a href="/wiki/Thrace" title="Thrace">Thrace</a>. The evacuation of Greece by the Romans gave Antiochus his opportunity, and he now had the fugitive <a href="/wiki/Hannibal" title="Hannibal">Hannibal</a> at his court to urge him on.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_13-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 192 BC Antiochus invaded Greece with a 10,000-man army, and was elected the commander in chief of the <a href="/wiki/Aetolian_League" title="Aetolian League">Aetolian League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bringmann,_Klaus_2007_91_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bringmann,_Klaus_2007_91-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 191 BC, however, the Romans under <a href="/wiki/Manius_Acilius_Glabrio_(consul_191_BC)" title="Manius Acilius Glabrio (consul 191 BC)">Manius Acilius Glabrio</a> routed him at <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae_(191_BC)" title="Battle of Thermopylae (191 BC)">Thermopylae</a>, forcing him to withdraw to Asia Minor. The Romans followed up their success by invading <a href="/wiki/Anatolia" title="Anatolia">Anatolia</a>, and the decisive victory of <a href="/wiki/Scipio_Asiaticus" class="mw-redirect" title="Scipio Asiaticus">Scipio Asiaticus</a> at <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Magnesia" title="Battle of Magnesia">Magnesia ad Sipylum</a> (190 BC), following the defeat of Hannibal at sea off <a href="/wiki/Side,_Turkey" title="Side, Turkey">Side</a>, delivered Asia Minor into their hands.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_13-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Apamea" title="Treaty of Apamea">Treaty of Apamea</a> (188 BC) Antiochus abandoned all the country north and west of the <a href="/wiki/Taurus_Mountains" title="Taurus Mountains">Taurus Mountains</a>, most of which the Roman Republic gave either to Rhodes or to the Attalid ruler <a href="/wiki/Eumenes_II" title="Eumenes II">Eumenes II</a>, its allies (many Greek cities were left free). As a consequence of this blow to the Seleucid power, the outlying provinces of the empire, recovered by Antiochus, reasserted their independence.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_13-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Antiochus mounted a fresh eastern expedition in <a href="/wiki/Luristan" class="mw-redirect" title="Luristan">Luristan</a>, where he was killed while pillaging a temple of <a href="/wiki/Bel_(mythology)" title="Bel (mythology)">Bel</a> at <a href="/wiki/Elymais" title="Elymais">Elymaïs</a>, Persia, in 187 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-Wilson._Nigel_Guy_2005_58_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilson._Nigel_Guy_2005_58-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antiochus_III_the_Great&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Antiochus_III_197_BC.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Antiochus_III_197_BC.JPG/275px-Antiochus_III_197_BC.JPG" decoding="async" width="275" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Antiochus_III_197_BC.JPG/413px-Antiochus_III_197_BC.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Antiochus_III_197_BC.JPG 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="233" /></a><figcaption>Coin of Antiochus III the Great, struck around Mesopotamia. The Greek inscription reads: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, <i>Basileōs Antiokhou, "</i>of King Antiochus".</figcaption></figure> <p>In 222 BC, Antiochus III married <a href="/wiki/Laodice_III" title="Laodice III">Princess Laodice of Pontus</a>, a daughter of <a href="/wiki/Mithridates_II_of_Pontus" title="Mithridates II of Pontus">King Mithridates II of Pontus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Laodice_(wife_of_Mithridates_II_of_Pontus)" title="Laodice (wife of Mithridates II of Pontus)">Princess Laodice of the Seleucid Empire</a>. The couple were first cousins through their mutual grandfather, <a href="/wiki/Antiochus_II_Theos" title="Antiochus II Theos">Antiochus II Theos</a>. Antiochus and Laodice had eight children (three sons and five daughters):<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antiochus_(son_of_Antiochus_III_the_Great)" title="Antiochus (son of Antiochus III the Great)">Antiochus</a> (221–193 BC), Antiochus III's first <a href="/wiki/Heir_apparent" title="Heir apparent">heir apparent</a> and joint-king with his father from 210 to 193 BC</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seleucus_IV_Philopator" title="Seleucus IV Philopator">Seleucus IV Philopator</a> (c. 220 – 175 BC), Antiochus III's successor</li> <li>Ardys</li> <li>Daughter (name unknown), <a href="/wiki/Betrothal" class="mw-redirect" title="Betrothal">betrothed</a> in about 206 BC to <a href="/wiki/Demetrius_I_of_Bactria" title="Demetrius I of Bactria">Demetrius I of Bactria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laodice_IV" title="Laodice IV">Laodice IV</a>, married all three of her brothers in succession and became Queen of the <a href="/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</a> through her second and third marriages</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleopatra_I_Syra" title="Cleopatra I Syra">Cleopatra I Syra</a> (c. 204 – 176 BC), married in 193 BC <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_V_Epiphanes" title="Ptolemy V Epiphanes">Ptolemy V Epiphanes of Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiochis#Seleucid_Princesses_&_Hellenistic_Queen_Consorts" title="Antiochis">Antiochis</a>, married in 194 BC <a href="/wiki/Ariarathes_IV_of_Cappadocia" title="Ariarathes IV of Cappadocia">King Ariarathes IV of Cappadocia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiochus_IV_Epiphanes" title="Antiochus IV Epiphanes">Mithridates</a> (215–164 BC), succeeded his brother <a href="/wiki/Seleucus_IV_Philopator" title="Seleucus IV Philopator">Seleucus IV Philopator</a> in 175 BC under the <a href="/wiki/Regnal_name" title="Regnal name">regnal name</a> <a href="/wiki/Antiochus_IV_Epiphanes" title="Antiochus IV Epiphanes">Antiochus IV Epiphanes</a></li></ul> <p>In 191 BC, Antiochus III married a girl<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="should this be "woman"? (September 2021)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> from Chalcis, whom he named "Euboea". They had no children. Laodice III may have fallen in disgrace; however, she clearly survived Antiochus III, and appears in Susa in 183 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Antiochus_and_the_Jews">Antiochus and the Jews</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antiochus_III_the_Great&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Antiochus and the Jews"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Antiochus III resettled 2000 Jewish families from <a href="/wiki/Babylonia" title="Babylonia">Babylonia</a> into the Hellenistic Anatolian regions of <a href="/wiki/Lydia" title="Lydia">Lydia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phrygia" title="Phrygia">Phrygia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Freedman,_David_Noel_2000_61_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freedman,_David_Noel_2000_61-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Josephus" title="Josephus">Josephus</a> portrays him as friendly towards the Jews of Jerusalem and cognizant of their loyalty to him (see <a href="/wiki/Antiquities_of_the_Jews" title="Antiquities of the Jews">Antiquities of the Jews</a>, Book XII, Chapter 3),<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in stark contrast to the attitude of his son. In fact, Antiochus III lowered taxes, granted subventions to the Temple, and let the Jews live, as Josephus puts it, "according to the law of their forefathers."<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books_of_Maccabees">Books of Maccabees</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antiochus_III_the_Great&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Books of Maccabees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Antiochus III is mentioned in the <a href="/wiki/Deuterocanonical_books" title="Deuterocanonical books">deuterocanonical</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Books_of_the_Maccabees" title="Books of the Maccabees">Books of the Maccabees</a>.</i> The subject of Maccabees is the <a href="/wiki/Maccabean_Revolt" title="Maccabean Revolt">Maccabean Revolt</a> against Antiochus' son, <a href="/wiki/Antiochus_IV_Epiphanes" title="Antiochus IV Epiphanes">Antiochus IV Epiphanes</a>. Antiochus III is first mentioned in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Maccabees+1%3A10&version=NRSV">1 Maccabees 1:10</a>, when Antiochus IV is introduced as "son of King Antiochus [Antiochus III]". Antiochus III is mentioned later in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Maccabees+8&version=NRSV">1 Maccabees 8</a>, which describes Judas Maccabeus' knowledge of the deeds of the Roman Republic, including an allusion to the <a href="/wiki/Roman%E2%80%93Seleucid_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman–Seleucid War">defeat of Antiochus III by the Romans</a>. The <a href="/wiki/New_Revised_Standard_Version" title="New Revised Standard Version">NRSV</a> says "They [the Romans] also had defeated Antiochus the Great, king of <a href="/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Seleucid Empire">Asia</a>, who went to fight against them with one hundred twenty elephants and with cavalry and chariots and a very large army. He was crushed by them; they took him alive and decreed that he and those who would reign after him should pay a heavy tribute and give hostages and surrender some of their best provinces, the countries of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Media_(region)" title="Media (region)">Media</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lydia" title="Lydia">Lydia</a>. These they took from him and gave to <a href="/wiki/Eumenes_II" title="Eumenes II">King Eumenes</a>." (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Maccabees+8%3A6-8&version=NRSV">1 Maccabees 8:6-8</a>) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_portrayals">Cultural portrayals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antiochus_III_the_Great&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Cultural portrayals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>During the <a href="/wiki/Caroline_era" title="Caroline era">Caroline era</a>, the play <i><a href="/wiki/Believe_as_You_List" title="Believe as You List">Believe as You List</a></i> was centred around Antiochus's resistance to the Romans after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae_(191_BC)" title="Battle of Thermopylae (191 BC)">Battle of Thermopylae</a>. The play was originally about <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_of_Portugal" class="mw-redirect" title="Sebastian of Portugal">Sebastian of Portugal</a> surviving the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Alcazar" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Alcazar">Battle of Alcazar</a>, returning and trying to gather support to return to the throne. This first version was censored for being considered "<a href="/wiki/Subversive" class="mw-redirect" title="Subversive">subversive</a>" because it portrayed Sebastian being deposed, it had comments in favour of an Anglo-Spanish alliance and it was possibly pro-<a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a>. That led to the final version changing to the story of Antiochus, which led to historical inaccuracy in exaggerating his defeat at that phase in history to fit the earlier text and turning Spaniards into Romans and the Catholic <a href="/wiki/Eremite" class="mw-redirect" title="Eremite">eremite</a> into a <a href="/wiki/Stoicism" title="Stoicism">Stoic</a> philosopher.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Antiochus features towards the end of Norman Barrow's historical novel, <i>The High Priest</i> (Faber & Faber, 1947), after his forces have reacquired Jerusalem from the Ptolemaic occupation. The book was noted by <a href="/wiki/John_Betjeman" title="John Betjeman">John Betjeman</a> in the <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Herald_(UK_newspaper)" class="mw-redirect" title="Daily Herald (UK newspaper)">Daily Herald</a></i> as "interesting".<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antiochus_III_the_Great&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.livius.org/articles/person/antiochus-iii-the-great/?">"Antiochus III the Great"</a>. <i>Livius.org</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200504014106/https://www.livius.org/articles/person/antiochus-iii-the-great/">Archived</a> from the original on 4 May 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 March</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Livius.org&rft.atitle=Antiochus+III+the+Great&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.livius.org%2Farticles%2Fperson%2Fantiochus-iii-the-great%2F%3F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAntiochus+III+the+Great" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Davies,_Philip_R._2002_95-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Davies,_Philip_R._2002_95_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDavies,_Philip_R.2002" class="citation book cs1">Davies, Philip R. (2002). <i>Second Temple studies III: studies in politics, class, and material culture</i>. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 95. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8264-6030-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8264-6030-1"><bdi>978-0-8264-6030-1</bdi></a>. <q>The difference is that from the perspective of Antiochus III, the Greek king of a Greek empire, or from the later point of view of a head of state communicating with a Greek city-state</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Second+Temple+studies+III%3A+studies+in+politics%2C+class%2C+and+material+culture&rft.pages=95&rft.pub=Continuum+International+Publishing+Group&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-0-8264-6030-1&rft.au=Davies%2C+Philip+R.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAntiochus+III+the+Great" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Garg,_Gaṅgā_Rām_1992_510-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Garg,_Gaṅgā_Rām_1992_510_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGarg,_Gaṅgā_Rām1992" class="citation book cs1">Garg, Gaṅgā Rām (1992). <i>Encyclopaedia of the Hindu world, Volume 2</i>. Concept Publishing Company. p. 510. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-7022-375-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-7022-375-7"><bdi>978-81-7022-375-7</bdi></a>. <q>Antiochus III the Great. Greek king who ruled an empire including Syria and western Asia (including Mesopotamia and Iran) towards the end of the 3rd century BC. It was during his time that Bactria became independent under Euthydemos. Shortly afterwards Antiochus III crossed the Hindu Kush and attacked an Indian prince named Subhagasena (Sophagasenas of the classical writers) who ruled over the Kabul valley. Antiochus III defeated Subhagasena, extorted from him a large cash indemnity and many elephants before he went back to his country. This invasion produced no permanent effect.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Encyclopaedia+of+the+Hindu+world%2C+Volume+2&rft.pages=510&rft.pub=Concept+Publishing+Company&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-81-7022-375-7&rft.au=Garg%2C+Ga%E1%B9%85g%C4%81+R%C4%81m&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAntiochus+III+the+Great" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jones,_Peter_V.;_Sidwell,_Keith_c._1997_20-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Jones,_Peter_V.;_Sidwell,_Keith_c._1997_20_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJones,_Peter_V.Sidwell,_Keith_C.1997" class="citation book cs1">Jones, Peter V.; Sidwell, Keith C. (1997). <i>The World of Rome: An Introduction to Roman Culture</i>. Cambridge University Press. p. 20. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-38600-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-38600-5"><bdi>978-0-521-38600-5</bdi></a>. <q>Antiochus III, the Greek king of Syria (the dynasty there was called 'Seleucid'), was busily expanding in Asia Minor and in 196 BC even crossed into Europe to annex part of Thrace.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+World+of+Rome%3A+An+Introduction+to+Roman+Culture&rft.pages=20&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=978-0-521-38600-5&rft.au=Jones%2C+Peter+V.&rft.au=Sidwell%2C+Keith+C.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAntiochus+III+the+Great" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Whitehorne,_John_Edwin_George_1994_84-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Whitehorne,_John_Edwin_George_1994_84_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhitehorne,_John_Edwin_George1994" class="citation book cs1">Whitehorne, John Edwin George (1994). <i>Cleopatras</i>. Routledge. p. 84. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-415-05806-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-415-05806-3"><bdi>978-0-415-05806-3</bdi></a>. <q>...in the autumn of 192 BC they heard that Antiochus III had crossed over to Greece with his army and declared himself the champion of Greek freedom against Roman domination.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Cleopatras&rft.pages=84&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=978-0-415-05806-3&rft.au=Whitehorne%2C+John+Edwin+George&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAntiochus+III+the+Great" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Wilson._Nigel_Guy_2005_58-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Wilson._Nigel_Guy_2005_58_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wilson._Nigel_Guy_2005_58_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilson._Nigel_Guy2006" class="citation book cs1">Wilson. Nigel Guy (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofan0000unse_a6l6/page/58"><i>Encyclopedia of ancient Greece</i></a>. Routledge. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofan0000unse_a6l6/page/58">58</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-415-97334-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-415-97334-2"><bdi>978-0-415-97334-2</bdi></a>. <q>ANTIOCHUS III THE GREAT c242-187 BC Seleucid king Antiochus III the Great was the sixth king (223-187 BC) … Antiochus landed on the mainland of Greece posing as a champion of Greek freedom against the Romans (192 BC).</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+ancient+Greece&rft.pages=58&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-415-97334-2&rft.au=Wilson.+Nigel+Guy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fencyclopediaofan0000unse_a6l6%2Fpage%2F58&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAntiochus+III+the+Great" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bertman,_Stephen_2003_76-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Bertman,_Stephen_2003_76_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBertman,_Stephen2003" class="citation book cs1">Bertman, Stephen (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/handbooktolifein00bert/page/76"><i>Handbook to life in ancient Mesopotamia</i></a>. Infobase Publishing. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/handbooktolifein00bert/page/76">76</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8160-4346-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8160-4346-0"><bdi>978-0-8160-4346-0</bdi></a>. <q>Antiochus III (222–187 BC) A member of the Hellenistic Seleucid dynasty</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Handbook+to+life+in+ancient+Mesopotamia&rft.pages=76&rft.pub=Infobase+Publishing&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-0-8160-4346-0&rft.au=Bertman%2C+Stephen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fhandbooktolifein00bert%2Fpage%2F76&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAntiochus+III+the+Great" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Zion,_Noam_;_Spectre,_Barbara_2000_57-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Zion,_Noam_;_Spectre,_Barbara_2000_57_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFZion,_NoamSpectre,_Barbara2000" class="citation book cs1">Zion, Noam; Spectre, Barbara (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/differentlightpl00zion/page/57"><i>A Different Light: The Big Book of Hanukkah</i></a>. Devora Publishing. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/differentlightpl00zion/page/57">57</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-930143-37-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-930143-37-1"><bdi>978-1-930143-37-1</bdi></a>. <q>Antiochus III, the Greek Seleucid Dynasty of Greater Syria captures Judea. 172 or 171-163</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Different+Light%3A+The+Big+Book+of+Hanukkah&rft.pages=57&rft.pub=Devora+Publishing&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-1-930143-37-1&rft.au=Zion%2C+Noam&rft.au=Spectre%2C+Barbara&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fdifferentlightpl00zion%2Fpage%2F57&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAntiochus+III+the+Great" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Baskin,_Judith_R._;_Seeskin,_Kenneth_2010_37-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Baskin,_Judith_R._;_Seeskin,_Kenneth_2010_37_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBaskin,_Judith_R.Seeskin,_Kenneth2010" class="citation book cs1">Baskin, Judith R.; Seeskin, Kenneth (2010). <i>The Cambridge Guide to Jewish History, Religion, and Culture</i>. Cambridge University Press. p. 37. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-68974-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-68974-8"><bdi>978-0-521-68974-8</bdi></a>. <q>The wars between the two most prominent Macedonian Generals dynasties, the Ptolemies of Egypt and the Seleucids of Syria, unalterably change the history of the land of Israel…As a result the land of Israel became part of the empire of the Syrian Greek Seleucids.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Cambridge+Guide+to+Jewish+History%2C+Religion%2C+and+Culture&rft.pages=37&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-0-521-68974-8&rft.au=Baskin%2C+Judith+R.&rft.au=Seeskin%2C+Kenneth&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAntiochus+III+the+Great" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Glubb,_Sir_John_Bagot_1967_34-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Glubb,_Sir_John_Bagot_1967_34_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGlubb,_Sir_John_Bagot1967" class="citation book cs1">Glubb, Sir John Bagot (1967). <i>Syria, Lebanon, Jordan</i>. Thames & Hudson. p. 34. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/585939">585939</a>. <q>Although the Ptolemies and the Seleucids were perpetual rivals, both dynasties were Macedonian and ruled by means of Macedonian officials and Macedonian soldiers. Both governments made great efforts to attract immigrants from Macedonia and Greek city states, thereby adding yet another racial element to the population.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Syria%2C+Lebanon%2C+Jordan&rft.pages=34&rft.pub=Thames+%26+Hudson&rft.date=1967&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F585939&rft.au=Glubb%2C+Sir+John+Bagot&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAntiochus+III+the+Great" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jonsson,_David_J._2005_566-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Jonsson,_David_J._2005_566_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJonsson,_David_J.2005" class="citation book cs1">Jonsson, David J. (2005). <i>The Clash of Ideologies</i>. Xulon Press. p. 566. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59781-039-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59781-039-5"><bdi>978-1-59781-039-5</bdi></a>. <q>Antiochus III was born in 242 BC, the son of Seleucus II, near Susa, Persia.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Clash+of+Ideologies&rft.pages=566&rft.pub=Xulon+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-1-59781-039-5&rft.au=Jonsson%2C+David+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAntiochus+III+the+Great" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.livius.org/sources/content/mesopotamian-chronicles-content/bchp-12-seleucus-iii-chronicle/">"BCHP 12 (Seleucus III Chronicle) - Livius"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=BCHP+12+%28Seleucus+III+Chronicle%29+-+Livius&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.livius.org%2Fsources%2Fcontent%2Fmesopotamian-chronicles-content%2Fbchp-12-seleucus-iii-chronicle%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAntiochus+III+the+Great" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EB1911-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_13-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_13-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_13-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_13-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_13-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_13-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_13-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_13-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_13-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="noprint"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/18px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/24px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span> </span>One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChisholm1911" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm" title="Hugh Chisholm">Chisholm, Hugh</a>, ed. (1911). "<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Seleucid_Dynasty" class="extiw" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Seleucid Dynasty">Seleucid Dynasty s.v. Antiochus III. the Great</a>". <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 604–605.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Seleucid+Dynasty+s.v.+Antiochus+III.+the+Great&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.pages=604-605&rft.edition=11th&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAntiochus+III+the+Great" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211214132825/https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Polybius/5%2A.html#51">[1]</a> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged December 2021">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Polybius, <i>Histories</i>. 5.56</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Polybius, <i>Histories</i>. 5.57</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Polybius, Histories. 5.58</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChahin1987190-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChahin1987190_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChahin1987">Chahin 1987</a>, p. 190.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0234%3Abook%3D10%3Achapter%3D49">"Polybius 10.49, Antiochus Engages the Bactrians"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210518143710/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0234%3Abook%3D10%3Achapter%3D49">Archived</a> from the original on 18 May 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 February</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Polybius+10.49%2C+Antiochus+Engages+the+Bactrians&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.perseus.tufts.edu%2Fhopper%2Ftext%3Fdoc%3DPerseus%253Atext%253A1999.01.0234%253Abook%253D10%253Achapter%253D49&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAntiochus+III+the+Great" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Polybius_11.34-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Polybius_11.34_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Polybius_11.34_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Plb.+11.34">"Polybius 11.34, Antiochus Moves from Bactria Through Interior Asia"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080420074248/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Plb.+11.34">Archived</a> from the original on 20 April 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 February</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Polybius+11.34%2C+Antiochus+Moves+from+Bactria+Through+Interior+Asia&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.perseus.tufts.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fptext%3Flookup%3DPlb.%2B11.34&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAntiochus+III+the+Great" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKosmin201435–36-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKosmin201435–36_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKosmin2014">Kosmin 2014</a>, pp. 35–36.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Appian, <i>The Syrian Wars</i> 1.1</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChisholm1911" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm" title="Hugh Chisholm">Chisholm, Hugh</a>, ed. (1911). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Antiochus"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Antiochus">"Antiochus s.v. Antiochus III." </a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 132.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Antiochus+s.v.+Antiochus+III.&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.pages=132&rft.edition=11th&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAntiochus+III+the+Great" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bringmann,_Klaus_2007_91-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Bringmann,_Klaus_2007_91_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBringmann,_Klaus2007" class="citation book cs1">Bringmann, Klaus (2007). <i>A history of the Roman republic</i>. Polity. p. 91. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7456-3371-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7456-3371-8"><bdi>978-0-7456-3371-8</bdi></a>. <q>The Aetolians called on Antiochus the 'liberate' Greece and to act as arbitrator between them and the Romans. Thereupon the king landed in Demetrias in the late autumn of 192 with a small army, and the Aetolian assembly elected him supreme strategos. His attempt to gather together al those who were dissatisfied with the peace agreement of 196 under the banner of Greek freedom had some success but proved a failure overall.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+history+of+the+Roman+republic&rft.pages=91&rft.pub=Polity&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0-7456-3371-8&rft.au=Bringmann%2C+Klaus&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAntiochus+III+the+Great" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.livius.org/articles/person/antiochus-iii-the-great/">"Antiochus III the Great - Livius"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200504014106/https://www.livius.org/articles/person/antiochus-iii-the-great/">Archived</a> from the original on 4 May 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 March</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Antiochus+III+the+Great+-+Livius&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.livius.org%2Farticles%2Fperson%2Fantiochus-iii-the-great%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAntiochus+III+the+Great" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">I. Estremo Oriente 190</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Freedman,_David_Noel_2000_61-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Freedman,_David_Noel_2000_61_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible</i>. Amsterdam University Press. 2000. p. 61. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-5356-503-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-5356-503-2"><bdi>978-90-5356-503-2</bdi></a>. <q>Jewish settlements in the interior of Asia Minor were known as early as the 3rd century BC when Antiochus III resettled 2000 Jewish families from Babylonia into Lydia and Phrygia</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Eerdmans+Dictionary+of+the+Bible&rft.pages=61&rft.pub=Amsterdam+University+Press&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-90-5356-503-2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAntiochus+III+the+Great" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211202134658/https://www.sefaria.org/The_Antiquities_of_the_Jews.12.3.3?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en">"The Antiquities of the Jews 12:3:3"</a>. <i>Sefaria.org</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sefaria.org/The_Antiquities_of_the_Jews.12.3.3">the original</a> on 2 December 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 December</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Sefaria.org&rft.atitle=The+Antiquities+of+the+Jews+12%3A3%3A3&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sefaria.org%2FThe_Antiquities_of_the_Jews.12.3.3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAntiochus+III+the+Great" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">E. Bickerman, "La Charte séleucide de Jérusalem," REJ 100 (1935): 4–35.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000681/19470422/061/0004">"Books - by John Betjeman"</a></span>. <i>Daily Herald</i>. <a href="/wiki/British_Newspaper_Archive" title="British Newspaper Archive">British Newspaper Archive</a>. 22 April 1947. p. 4<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Kosmin">Kosmin, Paul J.</a> (2014), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9UWdAwAAQBAJ"><i>The Land of the Elephant Kings: Space, Territory, and Ideology in Seleucid Empire</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University_Press" title="Harvard University Press">Harvard University Press</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0674728820" title="Special:BookSources/978-0674728820"><bdi>978-0674728820</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Land+of+the+Elephant+Kings%3A+Space%2C+Territory%2C+and+Ideology+in+Seleucid+Empire&rft.pub=Harvard+University+Press&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-0674728820&rft.aulast=Kosmin&rft.aufirst=Paul+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D9UWdAwAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAntiochus+III+the+Great" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLivy1976" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Livy" title="Livy">Livy</a> (1976). 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<li><a href="/wiki/Antiochus_IV_Epiphanes" title="Antiochus IV Epiphanes">Antiochus IV Epiphanes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiochus_V_Eupator" title="Antiochus V Eupator">Antiochus V Eupator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demetrius_I_Soter" title="Demetrius I Soter">Demetrius I Soter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Balas" title="Alexander Balas">Alexander I Balas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demetrius_II_Nicator" title="Demetrius II Nicator">Demetrius II Nicator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiochus_VI_Dionysus" title="Antiochus VI Dionysus">Antiochus VI Dionysus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diodotus_Tryphon" title="Diodotus Tryphon">Diodotus Tryphon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiochus_VII_Sidetes" title="Antiochus VII Sidetes">Antiochus VII Sidetes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_II_Zabinas" title="Alexander II Zabinas">Alexander II Zabinas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleopatra_Thea" title="Cleopatra Thea">Cleopatra Thea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seleucus_V_Philometor" title="Seleucus V Philometor">Seleucus V Philometor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiochus_VIII_Grypus" title="Antiochus VIII Grypus">Antiochus VIII Grypus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiochus_IX_Cyzicenus" title="Antiochus IX Cyzicenus">Antiochus IX Cyzicenus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seleucus_VI_Epiphanes" title="Seleucus VI Epiphanes">Seleucus VI Epiphanes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiochus_X_Eusebes" title="Antiochus X Eusebes">Antiochus X Eusebes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiochus_XI_Epiphanes" title="Antiochus XI Epiphanes">Antiochus XI Epiphanes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demetrius_III_Eucaerus" title="Demetrius III Eucaerus">Demetrius III Eucaerus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_I_Philadelphus" title="Philip I Philadelphus">Philip I Philadelphus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiochus_XII_Dionysus" title="Antiochus XII Dionysus">Antiochus XII Dionysus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleopatra_Selene_of_Syria" title="Cleopatra Selene of Syria">Cleopatra Selene I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiochus_XIII_Asiaticus" title="Antiochus XIII Asiaticus">Antiochus XIII Asiaticus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_II_Philoromaeus" title="Philip II Philoromaeus">Philip II Philoromaeus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Lysimachus" title="Lysimachus">Lysimachids</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lysimachus" title="Lysimachus">Lysimachus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_Epigonos" title="Ptolemy Epigonos">Ptolemy Epigonos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Attalid_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Attalid dynasty">Attalids</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Philetaerus" title="Philetaerus">Philetaerus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eumenes_I" title="Eumenes I">Eumenes I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attalus_I" title="Attalus I">Attalus I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eumenes_II" title="Eumenes II">Eumenes II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attalus_II_Philadelphus" title="Attalus II Philadelphus">Attalus II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attalus_III" title="Attalus III">Attalus III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eumenes_III" title="Eumenes III">Eumenes III</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Greco-Bactrian_Kingdom" title="Greco-Bactrian Kingdom">Greco-Bactrians</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diodotus_I" title="Diodotus I">Diodotus I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diodotus_II" title="Diodotus II">Diodotus II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euthydemus_I" title="Euthydemus I">Euthydemus I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demetrius_I_of_Bactria" title="Demetrius I of Bactria">Demetrius I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euthydemus_II" title="Euthydemus II">Euthydemus II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antimachus_I" title="Antimachus I">Antimachus I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pantaleon" title="Pantaleon">Pantaleon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agathocles_of_Bactria" title="Agathocles of Bactria">Agathocles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demetrius_II_of_India" title="Demetrius II of India">Demetrius II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eucratides_I" title="Eucratides I">Eucratides I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plato_of_Bactria" title="Plato of Bactria">Plato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eucratides_II" title="Eucratides II">Eucratides II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heliocles_I" title="Heliocles I">Heliocles I</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Indo-Greek_Kingdom" title="Indo-Greek Kingdom">Indo-Greeks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Demetrius_I_of_Bactria" title="Demetrius I of Bactria">Demetrius I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antimachus_I" title="Antimachus I">Antimachus I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pantaleon" title="Pantaleon">Pantaleon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agathocles_of_Bactria" title="Agathocles of Bactria">Agathocles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollodotus_I" title="Apollodotus I">Apollodotus I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demetrius_II_of_India" title="Demetrius II of India">Demetrius II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antimachus_II" title="Antimachus II">Antimachus II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menander_I" title="Menander I">Menander I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoilos_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Zoilos I">Zoilos I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agathokleia" class="mw-redirect" title="Agathokleia">Agathokleia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lysias_Anicetus" title="Lysias Anicetus">Lysias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strato_I" title="Strato I">Strato I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antialcidas" title="Antialcidas">Antialcidas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heliokles_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Heliokles II">Heliokles II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polyxenos_Epiphanes_Soter" class="mw-redirect" title="Polyxenos Epiphanes Soter">Polyxenos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demetrius_III_Aniketos" title="Demetrius III Aniketos">Demetrius III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philoxenus_Anicetus" title="Philoxenus Anicetus">Philoxenus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diomedes_Soter" title="Diomedes Soter">Diomedes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amyntas_Nikator" class="mw-redirect" title="Amyntas Nikator">Amyntas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epander" title="Epander">Epander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theophilos_(king)" class="mw-redirect" title="Theophilos (king)">Theophilos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peukolaos" class="mw-redirect" title="Peukolaos">Peukolaos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thraso" title="Thraso">Thraso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicias_(Indo-Greek_king)" title="Nicias (Indo-Greek king)">Nicias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menander_II" title="Menander II">Menander II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artemidoros" class="mw-redirect" title="Artemidoros">Artemidoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermaeus" title="Hermaeus">Hermaeus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archebius" title="Archebius">Archebius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telephos_Euergetes" class="mw-redirect" title="Telephos Euergetes">Telephos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollodotus_II" title="Apollodotus II">Apollodotus II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hippostratos" class="mw-redirect" title="Hippostratos">Hippostratos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dionysios_Soter" class="mw-redirect" title="Dionysios Soter">Dionysios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoilos_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Zoilos II">Zoilos II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollophanes" title="Apollophanes">Apollophanes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strato_II" title="Strato II">Strato II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strato_III" title="Strato III">Strato III</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Bithynia" title="List of rulers of Bithynia">Monarchs of Bithynia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boteiras_of_Bithynia" title="Boteiras of Bithynia">Boteiras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bas_of_Bithynia" title="Bas of Bithynia">Bas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zipoetes_I_of_Bithynia" title="Zipoetes I of Bithynia">Zipoetes I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicomedes_I_of_Bithynia" title="Nicomedes I of Bithynia">Nicomedes I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zipoetes_II_of_Bithynia" title="Zipoetes II of Bithynia">Zipoetes II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etazeta_of_Bithynia" title="Etazeta of Bithynia">Etazeta</a> (regent)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ziaelas_of_Bithynia" title="Ziaelas of Bithynia">Ziaelas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prusias_I_of_Bithynia" title="Prusias I of Bithynia">Prusias I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prusias_II_of_Bithynia" title="Prusias II of Bithynia">Prusias II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicomedes_II_of_Bithynia" title="Nicomedes II of Bithynia">Nicomedes II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicomedes_III_of_Bithynia" title="Nicomedes III of Bithynia">Nicomedes III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicomedes_IV_of_Bithynia" title="Nicomedes IV of Bithynia">Nicomedes IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socrates_Chrestus" title="Socrates Chrestus">Socrates Chrestus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_kings_of_Pontus" class="mw-redirect" title="List of kings of Pontus">Monarchs of Pontus</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mithridates_I_of_Pontus" title="Mithridates I of Pontus">Mithridates I Ctistes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariobarzanes_of_Pontus" title="Ariobarzanes of Pontus">Ariobarzanes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mithridates_II_of_Pontus" title="Mithridates II of Pontus">Mithridates II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mithridates_III_of_Pontus" title="Mithridates III of Pontus">Mithridates III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharnaces_I_of_Pontus" title="Pharnaces I of Pontus">Pharnaces I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mithridates_IV_of_Pontus" title="Mithridates IV of Pontus">Mithridates IV Philopator Philadephos</a> with <a href="/wiki/Laodice_(sister-wife_of_Mithridates_IV_of_Pontus)" title="Laodice (sister-wife of Mithridates IV of Pontus)">Laodice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mithridates_V_of_Pontus" class="mw-redirect" title="Mithridates V of Pontus">Mithridates V Euergetes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mithridates_VI_Eupator" title="Mithridates VI Eupator">Mithridates VI Eupator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharnaces_II_of_Pontus" title="Pharnaces II of Pontus">Pharnaces II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darius_of_Pontus" title="Darius of Pontus">Darius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arsaces_of_Pontus" title="Arsaces of Pontus">Arsaces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polemon_I_of_Pontus" title="Polemon I of Pontus">Polemon I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pythodorida_of_Pontus" class="mw-redirect" title="Pythodorida of Pontus">Pythodorida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polemon_II_of_Pontus" title="Polemon II of Pontus">Polemon II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Commagene" class="mw-redirect" title="List of rulers of Commagene">Monarchs of Commagene</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ptolemaeus_of_Commagene" title="Ptolemaeus of Commagene">Ptolemaeus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sames_II_Theosebes_Dikaios" title="Sames II Theosebes Dikaios">Sames II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mithridates_I_Callinicus" title="Mithridates I Callinicus">Mithridates I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiochus_I_Theos_of_Commagene" class="mw-redirect" title="Antiochus I Theos of Commagene">Antiochus I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mithridates_II_of_Commagene" title="Mithridates II of Commagene">Mithridates II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiochus_II_of_Commagene" title="Antiochus II of Commagene">Antiochus II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mithridates_III_of_Commagene" title="Mithridates III of Commagene">Mithridates III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiochus_III_of_Commagene" title="Antiochus III of Commagene">Antiochus III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiochus_IV_of_Commagene" title="Antiochus IV of Commagene">Antiochus IV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Cappadocia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of rulers of Cappadocia">Monarchs of Cappadocia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ariarathes_I_of_Cappadocia" title="Ariarathes I of Cappadocia">Ariarathes I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariarathes_II_of_Cappadocia" title="Ariarathes II of Cappadocia">Ariarathes II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariamnes_of_Cappadocia" class="mw-redirect" title="Ariamnes of Cappadocia">Ariamnes II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariarathes_III_of_Cappadocia" title="Ariarathes III of Cappadocia">Ariarathes III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariarathes_IV_of_Cappadocia" title="Ariarathes IV of Cappadocia">Ariarathes IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariarathes_V_of_Cappadocia" title="Ariarathes V of Cappadocia">Ariarathes V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orophernes_of_Cappadocia" title="Orophernes of Cappadocia">Orophernes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariarathes_VI_of_Cappadocia" title="Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia">Ariarathes VI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariarathes_VII_of_Cappadocia" title="Ariarathes VII of Cappadocia">Ariarathes VII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariarathes_VIII_of_Cappadocia" title="Ariarathes VIII of Cappadocia">Ariarathes VIII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariarathes_IX_of_Cappadocia" title="Ariarathes IX of Cappadocia">Ariarathes IX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariobarzanes_I_of_Cappadocia" title="Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia">Ariobarzanes I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariobarzanes_II_of_Cappadocia" title="Ariobarzanes II of Cappadocia">Ariobarzanes II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariobarzanes_III_of_Cappadocia" title="Ariobarzanes III of Cappadocia">Ariobarzanes III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariarathes_X_of_Cappadocia" title="Ariarathes X of Cappadocia">Ariarathes X</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archelaus_of_Cappadocia" title="Archelaus of Cappadocia">Archelaus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Bosporan_Kingdom" title="Bosporan Kingdom">Monarchs of the<br />Cimmerian Bosporus</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paerisades_I" title="Paerisades I">Paerisades I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyros_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Satyros II">Satyros II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prytanis_of_Bosporus" title="Prytanis of Bosporus">Prytanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eumelos_of_Bosporus" class="mw-redirect" title="Eumelos of Bosporus">Eumelos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spartokos_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Spartokos III">Spartokos III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hygiainon" class="mw-redirect" title="Hygiainon">Hygiainon</a> (regent)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paerisades_II" title="Paerisades II">Paerisades II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spartokos_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="Spartokos IV">Spartokos IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leukon_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Leukon II">Leukon II</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spartokos_V&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spartokos V (page does not exist)">Spartokos V</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA_V" class="extiw" title="ru:Спарток V">ru</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamasarye_Philoteknos" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamasarye Philoteknos">Kamasarye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paerisades_III" title="Paerisades III">Paerisades III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paerisades_IV_Philometor" title="Paerisades IV Philometor">Paerisades IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paerisades_V" title="Paerisades V">Paerisades V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mithridates_VI_of_Pontus" class="mw-redirect" title="Mithridates VI of Pontus">Mithridates I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharnaces_II_of_Pontus" title="Pharnaces II of Pontus">Pharnaces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asander_(Bosporan_king)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asander (Bosporan king)">Asander</a> with <a href="/wiki/Dynamis_(Bosporan_queen)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dynamis (Bosporan queen)">Dynamis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mithridates_I_of_the_Bosporus" class="mw-redirect" title="Mithridates I of the Bosporus">Mithridates II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asander_(Bosporan_king)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asander (Bosporan king)">Asander</a> with <a href="/wiki/Dynamis_(Bosporan_queen)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dynamis (Bosporan queen)">Dynamis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scribonius_(Bosporan_usurper)" title="Scribonius (Bosporan usurper)">Scribonius</a>'s attempted rule with <a href="/wiki/Dynamis_(Bosporan_queen)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dynamis (Bosporan queen)">Dynamis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dynamis_(Bosporan_queen)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dynamis (Bosporan queen)">Dynamis</a> with <a href="/wiki/Polemon_I_of_Pontus" title="Polemon I of Pontus">Polemon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polemon_I_of_Pontus" title="Polemon I of Pontus">Polemon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiberius_Julius_Aspurgus" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiberius Julius Aspurgus">Aspurgus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gepaepyris" title="Gepaepyris">Gepaepyris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiberius_Julius_Mithridates" title="Tiberius Julius Mithridates">Mithridates III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiberius_Julius_Cotys_I" title="Tiberius Julius Cotys I">Cotys I</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_the_kings_of_Epirus" class="mw-redirect" title="List of the kings of Epirus">Monarchs of Epirus</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Admetus_of_Epirus" title="Admetus of Epirus">Admetus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tharrhypas" title="Tharrhypas">Tharrhypas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alcetas_I_of_Epirus" title="Alcetas I of Epirus">Alcetas I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neoptolemus_I_of_Epirus" title="Neoptolemus I of Epirus">Neoptolemus I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arybbas" class="mw-redirect" title="Arybbas">Arybbas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_I_of_Epirus" title="Alexander I of Epirus">Alexander I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aeacides_of_Epirus" title="Aeacides of Epirus">Aeacides</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neoptolemus_II_of_Epirus" title="Neoptolemus II of Epirus">Neoptolemus II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alcetas_II_of_Epirus" title="Alcetas II of Epirus">Alcetas II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyrrhus_of_Epirus" title="Pyrrhus of Epirus">Pyrrhus I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Epirus" title="Alexander II of 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