Seleucid rulers

• Seleucus I Nicator

  Seleucus I Nicator

  
  Seleucus I , was a Ancient Macedonians officer of Alexander the Great. In the Wars of the Diadochi that took place after Alexander's death, Seleucus established the Seleucid dynasty and the Seleucid Empire....
   (Satrap

  Satrap

  
  Satrap was the name given to the governors of the provinces of ancient Medes and Persian Empire empires, including the Achaemenid Empire and in several of their heirs, such as the Sassanid Empire and the Hellenistic civilization empires....
   311–305 BC, King 305 BC–281 BC)

• Antiochus I Soter

  Antiochus I Soter

  
  Antiochus I Soter , was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. He reigned from 281 BC - 261 BC.Antiochus I was half Persians, his mother Apama being one of the eastern princesses whom Alexander the Great had given as wives to his generals in 324 BC....
   (co-ruler from 291, ruled 281–261 BC)

• Antiochus II Theos

  Antiochus II Theos

  
  Antiochus II Theos , was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Kingdom who reigned 261 BC–246 BC). He succeeded his father Antiochus I Soter in the winter of 262-61 BC....
   (261–246 BC)

• Seleucus II Callinicus

  Seleucus II Callinicus

  
  Seleucus II Callinicus or Pogon , was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, who reigned from 246 to 225 BC. After the death of this father, Antiochus II Theos, he was proclaimed king by his mother, Laodice I in Ephesos, while her partisans at Antioch murdered Berenice and her son....
   (246–225 BC)

• Seleucus III Ceraunus

  Seleucus III Ceraunus

  
  Seleucus III Soter, called Seleucus Ceraunus , was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, the eldest son of Seleucus II Callinicus....
   (or Soter) (225–223 BC)

• Antiochus III the Great

  Antiochus III the Great

  
  Antiochus III the Great, , younger son of Seleucus II Callinicus, became the 6th ruler of the Seleucid Empire as a youth of about eighteen in 223 BC....
   (223–187 BC)

• Seleucus IV Philopator

  Seleucus IV Philopator

  
  Seleucus IV Philopator , ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, reigned from 187 BC to 175 BC over a realm consisting of Syria , Mesopotamia, Babylonia and Nearer Iran ....
   (187–175 BC)

• Antiochus IV Epiphanes

  Antiochus IV Epiphanes

  
  Antiochus IV Epiphanes ruled the Seleucid Empire from 175 BC until his death in 164 BC. He was a son of King Antiochus III the Great and the brother of Seleucus IV Philopator....
   (175–164 BC)

• Antiochus V Eupator (164–162 BC)

• Demetrius I Soter

  Demetrius I Soter

  
  Demetrius I , surnamed Soter , was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. He had been sent to Rome as a hostage during the reign of his father, Seleucus IV Philopator....
   (161–150 BC)

• Alexander I Balas

  Alexander Balas

  
  Alexander Balas , ruler of the Greece Seleucid Empire 150-146 BC, was a native of Izmir of humble origin, but gave himself out to be the son of Antiochus IV Epiphanes and heir to the Seleucid throne....
   (150–145 BC)

• Demetrius II Nicator

  Demetrius II Nicator

  
  For the similarly named Macedonian ruler, see Demetrius II of Macedon. For the Macedonian prince, see Demetrius the Fair.Demetrius II , called Nicator , was the middle son of Demetrius I of Syria....
   (first reign, 145–138 BC)

• Antiochus VI Dionysus

  Antiochus VI Dionysus

  
  Antiochus VI Dionysus , king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, was the son of Alexander Balas and Cleopatra Thea, daughter of Ptolemy VI of Egypt....
   (or Epiphanes) (145–140 BC?)

• Diodotus Tryphon

  Diodotus Tryphon

  
  Diodotus Tryphon was king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. As a general of the army, he promoted the claims of Antiochus VI Dionysus, the infant son of Alexander Balas, in Antioch after Alexander's death, but then in 142 deposed the child and himself seized power in Coele-Syria where Demetrius II Nicator was unpopular for his oppressive tr...
   (140?–138 BC)

• Antiochus VII Sidetes

  Antiochus VII Sidetes

  
  File:Antiochus_VII_coin_.jpgAntiochus VII Euergetes, nicknamed Sidetes , ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, reigned from 138 to 129 BC....
   (or Euergetes) (138–129 BC)

• Demetrius II Nicator

  Demetrius II Nicator

  
  For the similarly named Macedonian ruler, see Demetrius II of Macedon. For the Macedonian prince, see Demetrius the Fair.Demetrius II , called Nicator , was the middle son of Demetrius I of Syria....
   (second reign, 129–126 BC)

• Alexander II Zabinas

  Alexander II Zabinas

  
  Alexander II Zabinas , ruler of the Greece Seleucid Empire, was a counter-king who emerged in the chaos following the Seleucid Empire loss of Mesopotamia to the Parthians....
   (129–123 BC)

• Cleopatra Thea

  Cleopatra Thea

  
  Cleopatra Thea surnamed Euergetis , ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, was a daughter of Ptolemy VI of Egypt Ptolemaic Egypt and Cleopatra II of Egypt....
   (126–123 BC)

• Seleucus V Philometor

  Seleucus V Philometor

  
  The Seleucid Empire king Seleucus V Philometor , ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, was the eldest son of Demetrius II Nicator and Cleopatra Thea....
   (126/125 BC)

• Antiochus VIII Grypus

  Antiochus VIII Grypus

  
  Antiochus VIII Epiphanes/Callinicus/Philometor, nicknamed Grypus , ruler of the Greece Seleucid Empire, was son of Demetrius II Nicator. Either he or his half brother Antiochus IX Cyzicenus is probably identical with the ephemeral child ruler Antiochus Epiphanes, who was crowned by Cleopatra Thea after the death of Antiochus VII but be...
   (125–96 BC)

• Antiochus IX Cyzicenus

  Antiochus IX Cyzicenus

  
  Antiochus IX Eusebes, ruler of the Greece Seleucid Empire, was the son of Antiochus VII Sidetes and Cleopatra Thea. Upon the death of his father in Parthia and his uncle Demetrius II Nicator return to power , his mother sent him to Cyzicus on the Bosporus, thus giving him his nickname....
   (114–96 BC)

• Seleucus VI Epiphanes

  Seleucus VI Epiphanes

  
  Seleucus VI Epiphanes, ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, was the oldest son of Antiochus VIII Grypus. In 96 BC, Seleucus defeated his half-uncle Antiochus IX Cyzicenus in revenge for his father's death....
   Nicator (96–95 BC)

• Antiochus X Eusebes

  Antiochus X Eusebes

  
  Antiochus X Eusebes Philopator, ruler of the Greece Seleucid Empire, was a contestant in the tangled-up family feuds among the last Seleucids. Beginning his reign in 95 BC his first achievement was to defeat his double half-cousin/second cousin Seleucus VI Epiphanes, thus avenging the recent death of his father Antiochus IX Cyzicenus....
   Philopator (95–92 BC or 83 BC)

• Demetrius III Eucaerus

  Demetrius III Eucaerus

  
  Demetrius III , called Eucaerus and Philopator, was a ruler of the Seleucid Empire, the son of Antiochus VIII Grypus.By the assistance of Ptolemy IX Lathyros, king of Egypt, he recovered part of his father's Syrian dominions ca 95 BC, and held his court at Damascus, from where he tried to enlarge his dominions....
   (or Philopator) (95–87 BC)

• Antiochus XI Epiphanes

  Antiochus XI Epiphanes

  
  Antiochus XI Epiphanes or Philadelphus, ruler of the Greece Seleucid Empire, was a son of Antiochus VIII Grypus and brother of Seleucus VI Epiphanes....
   Philadelphus (95–92 BC)

• Philip I Philadelphus

  Philip I Philadelphus

  
  Philip I Philadelphus , a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, was the fourth son of Antiochus VIII Grypus. He took the diadem in the 95 BC together with his older brother Antiochus XI Ephiphanes, after the eldest son Seleucus VI Epiphanes was killed by their cousin Antiochus X Eusebes....
   (95–84/83 BC)

• Antiochus XII Dionysus

  Antiochus XII Dionysus

  
  Antiochus XII Dionysos , a ruler of the Greece Seleucid Empire who reigned 87–84 BC, was the fifth son of Antiochus VIII Grypus to take up the diadem....
   (87–84 BC)

• (Tigranes I of Armenia) (83–69 BC)

• Seleucus VII Kybiosaktes

  Seleucus VII Kybiosaktes

  
  Seleucus VII Philometor, was a ruler of the Greece Seleucid Empire. The last members of the once mighty Seleucid dynasty are shadowy figures; local dynasts with complicated family ties whose identities are hard to ascertain: many of them also bore the same names....
   or Philometor (83–69 BC)

• Antiochus XIII Asiaticus

  Antiochus XIII Asiaticus

  
  Antiochus XIII Dionysus Philopator Kallinikos, known as Asiaticus was one of the last rulers of the Greece Seleucid Empire.He was son of king Antiochus X Eusebes and the Ptolemaic dynasty princess Cleopatra Selene, who acted as regent for the boy after his father's death sometime between 92 and 85 BC....
   (69–64 BC)

• Philip II Philoromaeus

  Philip II Philoromaeus

  
  Philip II Philoromaeus or Barypos , a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, was the son of the Seleucid king Philip I Philadelphus.Philip II himself briefly reigned parts of Syria in the 60s BC, as a client king under Pompey....
   (65–63 BC)