Antiochus in a sentence

During the late 3rd century BC, many battles took place between the Ptolemies, led by General Scopas in the south, and two Seleucid armies in the north, one led by Antiochus the Younger and the other by Antiochus III.

Antiochus agreed, but when they met and Antiochus held out his hand in friendship, Popilius placed in his hand the tablets on which was written the decree of the senate and told him to read it.

However, this "Antiochus" is not recorded on other inscriptions and therefore neither his lineage or position is known and it is more probable that Antiochus was not the father but an ancestor of Zenobia.

The narrative is this: In the second century B.C.E., the practice of Judaism was outlawed and punished by a cruel Syrian Greek king, Antiochus IV.

They could be the descendants of a shipwreck of Jews fleeing Antiochus’ reign in Judea in the second century B.C.E.; immigrants from Persia or Yemen in the fifth or sixth century C.E.; or members of one of the ten Lost Tribes of the Kingdom of Israel.

Archaeologists recently unearthed part of a Seleucid fortress built by the Hellenistic king Antiochus IV Epiphanes; a large villa from the Roman Era; as well as coins and other smaller items.

According to the Augustan History (Aurel. 31.2), Zenobia's father's name was Achilleus and his usurper was named Antiochus (Zos. 1.60.2).

A fourth and last quarter was added by Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164 BC); thenceforth Antioch was known as Tetrapolis.

Although initially unsuccessful in the Fourth Syrian War against Egypt, which led to a defeat at the Battle of Raphia (217 BC), Antiochus would prove himself to be the greatest of the Seleucid rulers after Seleucus I himself.

Antiochus appeared, at the least, to have restored the Seleucid Kingdom to glory.

Antiochus died in 187 BC on another expedition to the east, where he sought to extract money to pay the indemnity.

Antiochus III the Great and Philip V of Macedon had made a pact to divide Egypt's overseas possessions.

Antiochus IV Epiphanes of Greece was keen to upstage his Roman allies, but to save costs, all his gladiators were local volunteers.

Antiochus IV Epiphanes succeeded his older brother to the Seleucid throne and immediately adopted his father's previous policy of universal Hellenisation.

Antiochus Sidetes is sometimes called the last great Seleucid king.

Antiochus the Great is said to have relocated two thousand Jewish families from Babylonia and Mesopotamia to the city, and other cultures and ethncities were present as well.

Antiochus tried to make peace with Ventidius, but Ventidius told him to approach Antony directly.

Antiochus wanted to Hellenize the Jews, attempting to introduce the Greek pantheon into the temple.

A rebellion ensued and was brutally crushed, but no further action by Antiochus was taken.

Four years later, a doctor of the town named Plato and his brother Antiochus also became celebrated martyrs under Galerius.