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