 163 BC deaths: Encyclopedia - Antiochus IV EpiphanesAntiochus IV Epiphanes (Επιφανής, Greek: Manifest) (c. 215–163 BC, reigned 175–163 BC), was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, He was originally named Mithradates, but renamed Antiochus either upon his ascension or after the death of his elder brother Antiochus. He was a son of Antiochus III the Great and brother of Seleucus IV Philopator.
Antiochus took power after the death of Seleucus Philopator. He had been hostage in Rome following the peace of Apamea in 188 BC but had recently been excha ...
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