Antiochus VI Dionysus ( 148–142/1 BC), king of the
Hellenistic
In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Greek history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC, which was followed by the ascendancy of the R ...
Seleucid kingdom
The Seleucid Empire ( ) was a Greek state in West Asia during the Hellenistic period. It was founded in 312 BC by the Macedonian general Seleucus I Nicator, following the division of the Macedonian Empire founded by Alexander the Great ...
, was the son of
Alexander Balas
Alexander I Theopator Euergetes, surnamed Balas (), was the ruler of the Seleucid Empire from 150 BC to August 145 BC.
Picked from obscurity and supported by the neighboring Roman-allied Kingdom of Pergamon, Alexander landed in Phoenicia in 1 ...
and
Cleopatra Thea, daughter of
Ptolemy VI of Egypt.
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 the 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 monarchs
Monarchs deposed as children
Ancient child monarchs