Seleucid rulers
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 , 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 , 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 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 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, , 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 , 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 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 , 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 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
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 , 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 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
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
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 , 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 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
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 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 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, 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 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 , 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 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 , 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 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 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 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 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)