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Also Known As Alexander Epiphanes
Died 145 BCE
Title / Office king (150BC-145BC), Seleucid Empire
Seleucid king of the Hellenistic Syrian Empire
Antiochus III the Great
Seleucid king
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes
Seleucid king
Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucid ruler
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Antiochus I Soter
Seleucid king
Ptolemy VI Philometor, portrait on a silver tetradrachm; in the British Museum
Ptolemy VI Philometor
Macedonian king of Egypt
Antiochus VII Sidetes
Antiochus VII Sidetes
Seleucid king
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Antiochus Hierax
Seleucid king
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Antiochus II Theos
Seleucid king
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Seleucus II Callinicus
Seleucid ruler
Demetrius I, coin, 2nd century bc; in the British Museum
Demetrius I Soter
king of Syria
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Seleucus IV Philopator
Seleucid ruler
Demetrius II, coin, 2nd century BC; in the British Museum
Demetrius II Nicator
king of Syria
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Soter Seleucus III
Seleucid ruler
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Andragoras
Seleucid satrap of Parthia
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Saint Methodius
Christian theologian
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Saint Cyril
Christian theologian
Detail from Charles Le Brun's painting showing Alexander the Great in profile, wearing a gold helmet with white plumes and a blue cloak, with soldiers in the background.
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia
Philip II
Philip II
king of Macedonia
Stone relief carving of Queen Cleopatra in profile holding a scepter and ankh, with hieroglyphic inscriptions, on the wall of the Temple of Horus at Edfu, Egypt.
Cleopatra
queen of Egypt
Coin depicting Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy I Soter
Macedonian king of Egypt

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