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Antiochus II (Antiochus Theos) (āntī`əkəs thē`ŏs), d. 247 B.C., king of Syria (261?–247 B.C.), son and successor of Antiochus I. In warfare with Ptolemy II he had sporadic successes, but his marriage to Ptolemy's daughter Berenice sealed the peace, and most of the Syrian possessions his father had lost were restored to Antiochus. On the death of Antiochus, his son by an earlier marriage, Seleucus II Seleucus II (Seleucus Callinicus), d. 226 B.C., king of ancient Syria (247–226 B.C.), son of Antiochus II. On his father's death there was a struggle for the throne between Seleucus and his stepmother, Berenice (on behalf of her infant son). ..... Click the link for more information. , and Berenice on behalf of her infant son struggled for the throne; a long war with Ptolemy III ensued. |
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