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Antiochus III the Great: Marble head of Antiochus III, Louvre Museum, Paris.
 
 

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Biography

Name: Antiochus, III
Birth Date: 241 B.C.
Death Date: 187 B.C.
Place of Birth: Babylonia
Place of Death: Luristan, Iran
Nationality: Syrian
Gender: Male
Occupations: king

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Biography of Antiochus, III
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Antiochus III (241-187 BC) was a Syrian king of the Seleucid dynasty, Alexander the Great's successors in Asia. Antiochus attempted to restore Alexander's empire to its former greatness, and the magnitude of this undertaking earned Antiochus the name...


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Antiochus Iii
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(born 242—died 187 &BC;, near Susa, Iran) Seleucid king of the Syrian empire (223–187 &BC;). After quelling a rebellion by Achaeus, his governor in Asia Minor (213), Antiochus marched east to India (212–205). He forged a peaceful...
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Antiochus the Great Summary
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242-187 B.C. Seleucid Syrian king who briefly reunited the Alexandrine empire in western Asia, from Palestine to India. Antiochus, who ruled from 223 B.C. as Antiochus III, spent most of his reign at war. He sealed an alliance with Egypt by marrying...
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Antiochus III the Great, (Greek Μέγας Ἀντίoχoς; ca. 241–187 BC, ruled 223–187 BC), younger son of Seleucus II Callinicus, became the 6th ruler of the Seleucid Empire as a youth of about eighteen in 223 BC. His traditional...


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History: Review of New Books
Antiochus III and the Cities of Western Asia Minor.(Review) (book review)
06/22/2000: 628 words, approx. 2 pages
Ma, John Antiochus III and the Cities of Western Asia Minor New York: Oxford University Press 403 pp., $98.00, ISBN 0-19-815219-1 Publication Date: May 2000 It goes without saying that no historian of ancient Greece can afford to ignore inscriptions. In this...
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Journal of Biblical Literature
Plotting Antiochus's Persecution
07/01/2004: 5,116 words, approx. 17 pages
The history of religious persecution could be said to have begun in 167 B.C.E. when the Seleucid king Antiochus IV issued a series of decrees outlawing Jewish religious practice. According to 1 Maccabees, anyone found with a copy of the Torah or adhering to...
 


 

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