Antiochus (son of Antiochus III.)

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Antiochus ( Greek  Ἀντίοχος ; * 221 BC ; † 193 BC ) was a co-regent of the Seleucid Empire in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. He was the eldest son of King Antiochus III. and Laodike III.

Antiochus was born in 221 BC. Born around the time when his father set out on a campaign in the Asian East. The influential court minister Hermeias hoped for an early death of the king in battle or even the opportunity for an assassination attempt in order to be able to take over rule himself in the name of the underage prince. However, the assassination failed and Hermeias was executed.

A list of kings from Babylon shows that Antiochus was co-king of his father from the 102nd to the 119th year according to the Seleucid calendar (210 / 209–193 / 192 BC). In the Battle of Paneion, which was victorious for the Seleucids in 200 BC. He led the heavily armored cavalry on the right wing of the Seleucid army against the Ptolemaic army . In 195 BC . BC Antiochus was with his sister Laodice IV. Married; this was the first sibling marriage within the Seleucid dynasty. In the same year he was entrusted by his father with the rule over Syria , while the father himself moved to Asia Minor to meet there in Apamea for negotiations with the Roman emissaries Publius Villius Tappulus and Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus .

Antiochus died in 193 BC. Chr. At the age of 28 years to general mourning, as he was seen as a successor with positive character traits and he therefore promised a promising sole rule for the future. His early death brought rumors of an assassination attempt that his father had perceived him as a competitor because of his great popularity and had therefore poisoned him. Antiochus III. in any case, used the death of his eldest son as an excuse to break off diplomatic negotiations with Rome and prepare for war .

In the Sanctuary of Apollo of Claros in colophon Antiochus was erected a statue.

literature

  • A. Aymard: La Mort d'Antiochos, fils d'Antiochos III Mégas, Étude de Chronologie. In: Revue Philologique (1940), pp. 90-109.
  • AJ Sachs, DJ Wiseman: A Babylonian King List from the Hellenistic Period. In: Iraq. Vol. 16 (1954), pp. 202-211.
  • John D. Grainger: A Seleukid Prosopography and Gazetteer. 1997, pp. 36-37.
  • Ulrich Wilcken : Antiochos 26). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2470.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Polybios 5, 55, 4-5.
  2. ↑ Polybios 5, 56, 9-13.
  3. ^ British Museum Inv. 35603. See Sachs & Wiseman, p. 207.
  4. ↑ Polybios 16:18 , 6.
  5. ↑ Appian , Syriake 4.
  6. ↑ Titus Livius 35:13, 4.
  7. ↑ Titus Livius 35, 15, 1-5.
  8. ^ Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 49, 1505 .
personal data
SURNAME Antiochus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Co-ruler of the Seleucid Empire
DATE OF BIRTH 221 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 193 BC Chr.