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Antiochus V
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ruler of Seleucid Empire from 164 to 161 BC
Key facts
- Reign
- November/December 164 – 162 BC
- Predecessor
- Antiochus IV Epiphanes
- Successor
- Demetrius I Soter
- Regent
- General Lysias
- Born
- c. 172 BC
- Died
- 162 BC (aged 10 or 11)
- Dynasty
- Seleucid
- Father
- Antiochus IV Epiphanes
- Mother
- Laodice IV
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Seleucid Empire
- Father
- Antiochus IV Epiphanes
- Mother
- Laodice IV
- Sibling
- Alexander Balas
- Occupation
- monarch
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Family
- Seleucid dynasty
- Image
- Antiochus v.jpg
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- Commons category
- Antiochus V
- date of birth
- 0173-01-01
- date of death
- 0162-01-01
- time period
- Hellenistic period
- manner of death
- homicide
- name in native language
- Αντίοχος Ε' Ευπάτωρ
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Encyclopedic overview
Antiochus V Eupator (Ancient Greek: Αντίοχος Ε' Ευπάτωρ), whose epithet means "of a good father" (c. 172 BC – 162 BC) was a ruler of the Seleucid Empire who reigned from late 164 to 162 BC (based on dates from 1 Maccabees 6:16 and 7:1).
He was appointed as king by the Romans with his protector Lysias as regent.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Antiochus V” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.