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ANTIOCHUS

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 132 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANTIOCHUS  , the name of thirteen

kings of the Seleucid dynasty in Nearer
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Asia . The most famous are Antiochus III. the
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Great (223—187 B.C.) who sheltered Hannibal and waged war with Rome, and his son Antiochus IV . Epiphanes (176—164 B.c.)
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ANTIOPE who tried to suppress Judaism by persecution (see SELEUCI!D DYNASTY) . The name was subsequently borne by the kings of Commagene (69 B.C.—A.D . 72), whose house was affiliated to the Seleucid .

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