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Epifanés – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Antiochos IV. Epifanés" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiochos_4._af_Seleukideriget" title="Antiochos 4. af Seleukideriget – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Antiochos 4. 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 badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiochos_IV." title="Antiochos IV. – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Antiochos IV." 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%94%CE%84_%CE%95%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AE%CF%82" title="Αντίοχος Δ΄ Επιφανής – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αντίοχος Δ΄ Επιφανής" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiochus_IV_Epiphanes" title="Antiochus IV Epiphanes – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Antiochus IV Epiphanes" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%ADoco_IV_Ep%C3%ADfanes" title="Antíoco IV Epífanes – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Antíoco IV Epífanes" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antio%C4%A5o_la_4-a_Epifano" title="Antioĥo la 4-a Epifano – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Antioĥo la 4-a Epifano" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioko_IV.a_Epifanes" title="Antioko IV.a Epifanes – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Antioko IV.a Epifanes" 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_%DA%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85" title="آنتیوخوس چهارم – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آنتیوخوس چهارم" 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_IV" title="Antiochos IV – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Antiochos IV" 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_4%EC%84%B8_%EC%97%90%ED%94%BC%ED%8C%8C%EB%84%A4%EC%8A%A4" title="안티오코스 4세 에피파네스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="안티오코스 4세 에피파네스" 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_IV_%D4%B5%D5%BA%D5%AB%D6%83%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%BD" title="Անտիոքոս IV Եպիփանես – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Անտիոքոս IV Եպիփանես" 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_IV._Epifan" title="Antioh IV. Epifan – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Antioh IV. Epifan" 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_IV_Epifanes" title="Antiokhos IV Epifanes – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Antiokhos IV Epifanes" 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_IV" title="Antioco IV – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Antioco IV" 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%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%99" title="אנטיוכוס הרביעי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אנטיוכוס הרביעי" 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_IV_%E1%83%94%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%A4%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94" title="ანტიოქე IV ეპიფანე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ანტიოქე IV ეპიფანე" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioko_Epifane" title="Antioko Epifane – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Antioko Epifane" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%AEoxos_IV_Ep%C3%AEfan%C3%AAs" title="Antîoxos IV Epîfanês – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Antîoxos IV Epîfanês" 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_IV_Epiphanes" title="Antiochus IV Epiphanes – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Antiochus IV Epiphanes" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/IV._Antiokhosz_szeleukida_uralkod%C3%B3" title="IV. Antiokhosz szeleukida uralkodó – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="IV. 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_IV_Epifanesy" title="Antiôkôsy IV Epifanesy – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Antiôkôsy IV Epifanesy" 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%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_IV_%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AB%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D" title="അന്ത്യോക്കസ് IV എപ്പിഫനസ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="അന്ത്യോക്കസ് IV എപ്പിഫനസ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</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%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B9" title="انطيوخوس الرابع – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="انطيوخوس الرابع" 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 href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%85_IV_%D0%AD%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81" title="Антиох IV Эпифанес – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Антиох IV Эпифанес" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiochus_IV" title="Antiochus IV – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Antiochus IV" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AA%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B94%E4%B8%96%E3%82%A8%E3%83%94%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B9" title="アンティオコス4世エピファネス – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アンティオコス4世エピファネス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiokos_IV_Epifanes" title="Antiokos IV Epifanes – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Antiokos IV Epifanes" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti%C3%B2c_IV" title="Antiòc IV – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Antiòc IV" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch_IV_Epifanes" title="Antioch IV Epifanes – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Antioch IV Epifanes" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%ADoco_IV_Epif%C3%A2nio" title="Antíoco IV Epifânio – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Antíoco IV Epifânio" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioh_al_IV-lea" title="Antioh al IV-lea – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Antioh al IV-lea" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%85_IV_%D0%AD%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Антиох IV Эпифан – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Антиох IV Эпифан" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioh_IV._Epifan" title="Antioh IV. Epifan – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Antioh IV. 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lang="en" dir="ltr"><p><b>Antiochus IV</b> also known as <b>Antiochus Epiphanes</b> was a ruler of the <a href="/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</a>. He was known for conquering most of <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Ptolemaic_dynasty" title="Ptolemaic dynasty">Ptolemaic dynasty</a>, for conquering <a href="/wiki/Judea" title="Judea">Judea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Samaria" title="Samaria">Samaria</a> and for losing a <a href="/wiki/War" title="War">war</a> to <a href="/wiki/The_Maccabees" class="mw-redirect" title="The Maccabees">the Maccabees</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rise_to_Power">Rise to Power</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antiochus_IV_Epiphanes&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Rise to Power" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antiochus_IV_Epiphanes&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Rise to Power"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Antiochus’s <a href="/wiki/Father" title="Father">father</a> <a href="/wiki/Antiochus_the_Great" class="mw-redirect" title="Antiochus the Great">Antiochus the Great</a> ruled the <a href="/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</a> and fought <a href="/wiki/War" title="War">wars</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman Republic</a>. After ending them with a <a href="/wiki/Treaty" title="Treaty">treaty</a>, the Romans took the younger Antiochus <a href="/wiki/Hostage" title="Hostage">hostage</a> to make sure that his father didn’t disturb the <a href="/wiki/Peace" title="Peace">peace</a>, since that was one of the rules in the <a href="/wiki/Treaty" title="Treaty">treaty</a>. After Antiochus’s father died, his older <a href="/wiki/Brother" class="mw-redirect" title="Brother">brother</a> <a href="/wiki/Seleucus_IV_Philopator" title="Seleucus IV Philopator">Seleucus IV Philopator</a> became <a href="/wiki/King" title="King">king</a> so the Romans <a href="/wiki/Free" class="mw-disambig" title="Free">freed</a> Antiochus and took Seleucus’s son. Someone named Heliodorus worked for the <a href="/wiki/Government" title="Government">government</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</a> so <a href="/wiki/Heliodorus_(minister)" title="Heliodorus (minister)">Heliodorus (minister)</a> <a href="/wiki/Kill" class="mw-redirect" title="Kill">killed</a> Seleucus to take over the <a href="/wiki/Empire" title="Empire">Empire</a>. Then Antiochus teamed up with <a href="/wiki/King" title="King">King</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eumenes_II&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eumenes II (not yet started)">Eumenes II</a> to take over and become the new <a href="/wiki/King" title="King">king</a> and Antiochus (probably) <a href="/wiki/Kill" class="mw-redirect" title="Kill">killed</a> his <a href="/wiki/Nephew" class="mw-redirect" title="Nephew">nephew</a> so that he could stay <a href="/wiki/King" title="King">king</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Egypt">Egypt</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antiochus_IV_Epiphanes&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Egypt" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antiochus_IV_Epiphanes&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Egypt"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Antiochus fought a <a href="/wiki/War" title="War">war</a> against <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> and won but didn’t want to scare the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman Republic</a> into thinking he was dangerous so he let <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ptolemy_VIII&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ptolemy VIII (not yet started)">Ptolemy VIII</a> continue to rule <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Jewish_revolt">Jewish revolt</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antiochus_IV_Epiphanes&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Jewish revolt" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antiochus_IV_Epiphanes&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Jewish revolt"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Antiochus wanted to <a href="/wiki/Assimilate" class="mw-redirect" title="Assimilate">assimilate</a> the <a href="/wiki/Jews" class="mw-redirect" title="Jews">Jews</a> since he didn’t want them to rebel so he banned <a href="/wiki/Circumcision" title="Circumcision">circumcision</a>, used the <a href="/wiki/Law" title="Law">law</a> to make the Jews work on the <a href="/wiki/Sabbath" title="Sabbath">Sabbath</a>, put <a href="/wiki/Greek" class="mw-disambig" title="Greek">Greek</a> <a href="/wiki/Idol" title="Idol">idols</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Temple" title="Second Temple">Second Temple</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>, made the Chief <a href="/wiki/Kohen" title="Kohen">Kohen</a> <a href="/wiki/Sacrifice" title="Sacrifice">sacrifice</a> <a href="/wiki/Animal" title="Animal">animals</a> to <a href="/wiki/Zeus" title="Zeus">Zeus</a> and put a <a href="/wiki/Gymnasium" title="Gymnasium">gymnasium</a> in the Temple’s <a href="/wiki/Yard" title="Yard">yard</a> where the people would wrestle <a href="/wiki/Naked" class="mw-redirect" title="Naked">naked</a>. <a href="/wiki/Matityahu" class="mw-redirect" title="Matityahu">Matityahu</a> son of Yochanan was <a href="/wiki/Angry" class="mw-redirect" title="Angry">angry</a> about this so he decided to lead a <a href="/wiki/Rebellion" title="Rebellion">rebellion</a> against Antiochus. Then Matityahu died so his son, <a href="/wiki/Judah_Maccabee" title="Judah Maccabee">Judah Maccabee</a> led the revolt against Antiochus. Antiochus lost the <a href="/wiki/War" title="War">war</a> to <a href="/wiki/The_Maccabees" class="mw-redirect" title="The Maccabees">the Maccabees</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antiochus_IV_Epiphanes&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Death" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antiochus_IV_Epiphanes&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Death"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shortly after the <a href="/wiki/Maccabean_Revolt" title="Maccabean Revolt">Maccabean Revolt</a>, Antiochus got <a href="/wiki/Sick" class="mw-disambig" title="Sick">sick</a> and <a href="/wiki/Die" class="mw-redirect" title="Die">died</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antiochus_IV_Epiphanes&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Legacy" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antiochus_IV_Epiphanes&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Legacy"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> <a href="/wiki/Tradition" class="mw-redirect" title="Tradition">tradition</a> has Antiochus as the <a href="/wiki/Villain" title="Villain">villain</a> of the story of <a href="/wiki/Hanukkah" title="Hanukkah">Hanukkah</a> and most ancient books (including non-Jewish ones) also have him as a bad <a href="/wiki/King" title="King">king</a> even though there are some <a href="/wiki/Historian" title="Historian">historians</a> today who don’t think that he was that bad there are also some who think he actually was that bad. </p> <table class="wikitable succession-box" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFD700; text-align:center;"><div>Antiochus IV Epiphanes </div><div><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seleucid_dynasty&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Seleucid dynasty (not yet started)">Seleucid dynasty</a></b></div><span style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; margin:2em"><b>Born:</b> 215 BC </span><span style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; margin:2em"> <b>Died:</b> 164 BC</span> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<br /><span style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antiochus,_son_of_Seleucus_IV&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Antiochus, son of Seleucus IV (not yet started)">Antiochus</a></span> </td> <td 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