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