Demetrius II of Syria

Demetrius in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

Son of the preceding, and surnamed Nicator (Νικάτωρ), or "the Conqueror." He drove out Alexander Balas, with the aid of Ptolemy Philometor, who had given him his daughter Cleopatra in marriage, though she was already the wife of Balas. He ascended the throne B.C. 146, but soon abandoned himself to a life of indolence and debauchery, leaving the rei...

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Demetrius II Nicator in Wikipedia

Demetrius II (Greek: Δημήτριος Β` d. 125 BCE), called Nicator (Greek: "Νικάτωρ", i.e. "Victor"), was one of the sons of Demetrius I Soter, brother of Antiochus VII Sidetes and his mother could have been Laodice V. He ruled the Seleucid Empire for two periods, separated by a number of years of captivity in Parthia....

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