- Antiochus XIII Asiaticus
Antiochus XIII Dionysus Philopator Kallinikos, known as Asiaticus was one of the last rulers of the Greek Seleucid kingdom.
He was son of king
Antiochus X Eusebes and the Ptolemaic princessCleopatra Selene , who acted as regent for the boy after his father's death sometime between 92 and 85 BC. Some time after Tigranes had conquered Syria (83 BC), she travelled toRome to have her sons recognized as kings of Egypt, but to no avail. They were there between at least between 75 BC and 73 BC; recognized as "Kings of Syria", and "maintained a royal state" (Bevan, p. 263). Selene was eventually captured and killed by Tigranes, but after the latter's defeat byPompey , the residents ofAntioch hailed Antiochus XIII as king, andLucius Lucullus approved his appointment as client ruler of Syria (69 BC).In 64 BC, Pompey had him deposed and killed by an
Arab chieftain Sampsiceramus (Shemashgeram). Antiochus' death is traditionally said to have ended theSeleucid dynasty , but he was survived byPhilip II Philoromaeus for a short time.References
* Peter Green, "Alexander to Actium: The Historical Evolution of the Hellenistic Age" (1990), pp. 552, 553, 658, 659
*Edwyn R. Bevan , "The House of Seleucus" (1902), p. 263External links
* [http://virtualreligion.net/iho/antiochus_13.html Antiocus XIII Asiaticus] entry in historical sourcebook by Mahlon H. Smith
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