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King Antiochos III, (Molon) the Great 223-187
B.C. of the Seleucid Kingdom - The younger brother of Seleukos III, Antiochos
IIII was one of the most celebrated of the Seleukid monarchs. Only in his late
teens at the time of his accession it took several years for him to establish
his authority But he soon showed himself to be a soldier of great ability, and
between 212 and 205 B.C. he was in the east attmpting to emulate the campaigns
of Alexander and Seleukos I, and to re-establish Seleukid authority in Parthia
and Baktria. In the first decade of the 2nd century B.C. he turned his attention
to Europe, which brought him into conflict with the Romans who had just defeated
Philip V of Macedon (197 B.C.). Defeated tweice, at Thermopylai and at Magnesia
in western Asia Minor, Antiochos had to accept humiliating peace terms by which
he lost his possessions in Asia Minor to Rome's ally, the Kingdom of pergamon.
Antiochos, borken in spirit, marched eastward again, and in 187 B.C. he was
murdered by Elymais.
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