Antiochus III

Antiochus III
/an tuy"euh keuhs/
("the Great") 241?-187 B.C., king of Syria 223-187.

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  • Antiochus — is the name of thirteen kings of the Seleucid Empire:*Antiochus I Soter *Antiochus II Theos *Antiochus III the Great *Antiochus IV Epiphanes *Antiochus V Eupator *Antiochus VI Dionysus *Antiochus VII Sidetes *Antiochus VIII Grypus *Antiochus IX… …   Wikipedia

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