I fear, however, that the focus of the Seleucid kings, despite the anabasis of
Antiochus III, gradually shifted to the west, as is nicely demonstrated by Kosmin (2014a: 145-46, maps 5 and 6).
Antiochus III's edict on behalf of Jerusalem upon its capture ca.
Meanwhile,
Antiochus III, who ruled over the Seleucid Empire from 223 to 187 B.C., turned to face the Romans, whom he imagined he could easily defeat.
Principal war: war with
Antiochus III of Syria (192-188).
The three books in this volume complete his account of the years from 191 to 180, when Rome crushed and shrank the empire of Seleucid ruler
Antiochus III and extended and consolidate her mastery over the Hellenistic states.
They cover behavioral aspects of the northern Syria 2007 hoard of Athenian Owls from the Near East; a metallurgical perspective on Athenian tetradrachms from Tel Mikhal; the eras of Pamphylia and the Seleucid invasions of Asia Minor; the
Antiochus III hoard; the metrology of Judaean small bronze coins; Severus Alexander, the Temple of Jupiter Ultor, and Jovian iconography on Roman imperial coinage; and a comparative statistical approach to early Byzantine coin circulation in the eastern provinces.
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Antiochus III Megas (222-187) it is said: [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] (Letter 37,9) "...
But then, in 223 BCE,
Antiochus III began a vicious campaign to restore all of the original empire of Alexander the Great to Seleucid control.
Cornelius Scipio the Younger (autumn 203); defeated by Scipio and Masinissa at Zama (spring 202); helped to negotiate peace treaty with Rome; elected suffete (196) and promulgated needed reforms and anticorruption measures, but denounced to Rome by his enemies and forced to flee; served
Antiochus III the Great of Syria (193-188), for whom he raised and led a small Phoenician fleet against Rhodes (190) but was defeated by Eudamus of Rhodes and L.
The Hellenistic king of Syria,
Antiochus III, held his wedding at Zeugma in 221 BC; 150 years later, the Armenian king, Tigranes the Great, ordered the execution of Cleopatra Selene, a Hellenistic princess, there.
Principal wars: Second Punic War (219-202); Syrian War with
Antiochus III (192-188).