Antiochus VI Dionysus (c. 148–142/1 BC), king of the
Hellenistic
In Classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Mediterranean history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in ...
Seleucid kingdom, was the son of
Alexander Balas and
Cleopatra Thea, daughter of
Ptolemy VI of Egypt
Ptolemy VI Philometor ( gr, Πτολεμαῖος Φιλομήτωρ, ''Ptolemaĩos Philomḗtōr'';"Ptolemy, lover of his Mother". 186–145 BC) was a Greek king of Ptolemaic Egypt who reigned from 180 to 164 BC and from 163 to 145 BC.
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Biography
Antiochus VI did not actually rule. Either already in 145 or in early 144 BC he was nominated by the general
Diodotus Tryphon as heir to the throne in opposition to
Demetrius II, and remained the general's tool. In c. 142/141 BC, the young king died. While some ancient authors make
Diodotus Tryphon responsible for the death of the king, others write that he died during a surgery.
[Ios. Ant. 13. 218; Liv. per. 55.]
See also
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List of Syrian monarchs
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Timeline of Syrian history
References
Footnotes
External links
Antiochus VIentry in historical sourcebook by Mahlon H. Smith
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140s BC births
140s BC deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Year of death uncertain
2nd-century BC Seleucid rulers
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Rulers deposed as children
Ancient child rulers
2nd-century BC rulers
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