See also:

• ANTIOCHUS

ANTIOCHUS I  . See also:

• SOTER

SOTER (324 or 323–262) was See also:

• HALF

half a See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian, his See also:

• MOTHER

mother Apame being one of those eastern princesses whom See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander had given as wives to his generals in 324 . On the assassination of his See also:

• FATHER

father (281), the task of holding together the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire was a formidable one, and a revolt in See also:

• SYRIA

Syria See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out almost immediately . With his father's murderer, See also:

• PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy, See also:

• ANTIOCHUS

Antiochus was soon compelled to make See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace, abandoning apparently See also:

• MACEDONIA

Macedonia and See also:

• THRACE

Thrace . In See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor he was unable to reduce See also:

• BITHYNIA (BtOvpta)

Bithynia or the Persian dynasties which ruled in See also:

• CAPPADOCIA

Cappadocia . In 278 the Gauls broke into Asia Minor, and a victory which Antiochus won over these hordes is said to have been the origin of his See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of Soter (Gr. for " saviour ") . At the end of 275 the question of See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine, which had been open between the houses of Seleucus and Ptolemy since the See also:

• PARTITION

partition of 301, led to hostilities (the " First Syrian See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War ") . It had been continuously in Ptolemaic occupation, but the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of Seleucus maintained its claim . War did not materially See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change the out-lines of the two kingdoms, though frontier cities like See also:

• DAMASCUS

Damascus and the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast districts of Asia Minor might change hands . About 262 Antiochus tried to break the growing See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of See also:

• PERGAMUM, or PERGAMTS (mod. Bergama)

Pergamum by force of arms, but suffered defeat near See also:

• SARDIS

Sardis and died soon afterwards (262) . His eldest son Seleucus, who had ruled in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east as See also:

• VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy from 275 (?) till 268/7, was put to See also:

• DEATH

death in that See also:

• YEAR

year by his father on the See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion (See also:

• WACE, HENRY (1836– )

Wace, J.H.S. See also:

• XXV

xxv., 1905, p . 101 f.) .

He was succeeded (261) by his second son ANTIOCHUS II . THEOS (286-246), whose mother was the Macedonian princess Stratonice, daughter of See also:

• DEMETRIUS

Demetrius Poliorcetes . War with See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt still went on along the coasts of Asia Minor (the " Second Syrian War ") . Antiochus also made some See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to get a footing in Thrace . About 250 peace was concluded between Antiochus and Ptolemy II., Antiochus repudiating his wife Laodice and marrying Ptolemy's daughter See also:

• BERENICE
• BERENICE, or BERNICE

Berenice, but by 246 Antiochus had See also:

• LEFT

left Berenice and her See also:

• INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

infant son in See also:

• ANTIOCH

Antioch to live again with Laodice in Asia Minor . Laodice poisoned him and proclaimed her son SELEUCUS II . CALLINICUS(reigned 246–227) See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, whilst her partisans at Antioch made away with Berenice and her son . Berenice's See also:

• BROTHER

brother, Ptolemy III., who had just succeeded to the See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

• THRONE

throne, See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

DYNASTY at once invaded the Seleucid See also:

• REALM

realm and marched victoriously to the See also:

• TIGRIS (Old Persian Tigrd, Diklat of the cuneiform inscriptions, Hiddekel of the Old Testament, Diglath of the Targum, Digla of the Arabs)

Tigris or beyond, receiving the submission of the eastern provinces, whilst his fleets swept the coasts of Asia Minor . In the interior of Asia Minor Seleucus maintained himself, and when Ptolemy returned to Egypt he recovered See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern Syria and the nearer provinces of See also:

• IRAN

Iran . In Asia Minor his younger brother Antiochus See also:

• HIERAX, or HIERACAS

Hierax was put up against him by a party to which Laodice herself adhered . At See also:

• ANCYRA (mod. Angora, q.v.)

Ancyra (about 235 ?) Seleucus sustained a crushing defeat and left the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country beyond the See also:

• TAURUS (" the Bull ")

Taurus to his brother and the other See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers of the See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula . Of these Pergamum now See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to greatness under Attalus I., and Antiochus Hierax perished as a fugitive in Thrace in 228/7 .

A year later Seleucus was killed by a fall from his See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse . His See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder son, SELEUCUS III . SOTER (reigned 227–223), took up the task of reconquering Asia Minor from Attalus, but See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell by a See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy in his own See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp .