Antiochus (son of Seleucus IV)

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Antiochus ( Greek  Ἀντίοχος ; † 170 BC ) was a co-regent of the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BC. He was the eldest son of King Seleucus IV and his sister wife Laodike IV.

When his father was murdered in 175 BC Antiochus was not of age, which is why his uncle Antiochus IV was able to take over the rule in Syria. He married his mother and temporarily legitimized the takeover in the name of the young prince, whom he adopted and made his formal co-regent. On a Babylonian list of kings, Antiochus is named between the 8th month of the 137th year and the 5th month of the 142nd year according to the Seleucid calendar (October 175 – August 170 BC) as a co-king of his uncle, to whom he is here as "son" assisted, called in the rulership of Babylon . The list also mentions the death of the younger Antiochus by execution, which had taken place on the orders of the uncle, who was able to take over the sole rule in his own name.

literature

  • 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, p. 37.
  • Johannes Christian Bernhardt: The Jewish Revolution: Investigations into causes, course and consequences of the Hasmonean uprising . De Gruyter, 2017. S. 174 u. 198 ISBN 978-3-05-006482-6

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annotation

  1. ↑ British Museum 35603 . See Sachs & Wiseman, p. 208.
  2. ↑ Diodorus 30, 7, 2.
personal data
SURNAME Antiochus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Co-ruler of the Seleucid Empire
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 170 BC Chr.