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Seleucus II Keraunos

Seleucus III Keraunos ('thunderbolt'): name of a Seleucid king, ruled from 225 or 224 to 222 BC....

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Demetrius II

Demetrius II: king of ancient Macedonia, ruled 239-229....

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Alexander's Successors: The Diadochi

Diadochi ('successors'): name of the first generation of military and political leaders after the death of the Macedonian king and conquerorAlexander the Great in 323. To settle the question whether his empire should disintegrate or survive as a unity, and, if so, under whose rule, they fought four full-scale wars. The result, reached by 300, was a...

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History of Iran: Seleucid Empire

The Hellenistic period is one of the most controversial in the history of Iran. The Greek or Macedonian dynasties were never fully accepted as more than occupants, and in hindsight their reign has been neglected. In the West, where the Hellenistic kings were defeated by Rome, most historians tend to look down on them as degenerated tyrants. The cri...

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Ptolemy III Euergetes

The Third, The Third King Of Egypt's Ptolemaic Dynasty. Ptolemy III Euergetes (Benefactor), the third ruler of Egypt'sPtolemaic Dynasty, was the son of Ptolemy II Philadelphus by one of his early wives named Arsinoe. However, his father apparently abandoned this first Arsinoe to marry his full sister, who was also named Arsinoe and who is frequentl...

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Ptolemy VI Philometor

The Ptolemies in Egypt provide us with an interesting dynasty fraught with all manner of intrigue. After the death of Ptolemy V Epiphanes the Dynasty becomes even more complicated. Jimmy Dunn...

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Ptolemy X Alexander

King of the Ptolemaic Empire, ruled from 107 to 88......

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Ptolemy IV

Information about Ptolemy XIV: king of the Ptolemaic Empire, from 47 to 44 co-ruler of Cleopatra VII....

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Antiochus III The Great

- Antiochus III Megas ('the Great'): name of a Seleucid king, ruled from 222 to187....

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Antiochus VI Dionysus

Antiochus VI Dionysus: name of a Seleucid king, ruled from 145/144 to 140 BC....

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