Antiochus

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Antiochus is the name of thirteen kings of the Seleucid dynasty:

• Antiochus I Soter
• Antiochus II Theos
• Antiochus III the Great
• Antiochus IV Epiphanes
• Antiochus V Eupator
• Antiochus VI Dionysus
• Antiochus VII Sidetes
• Antiochus VIII Grypus
• Antiochus IX Cyzicenus
• Antiochus X Eusebes
• Antiochus XI Epiphanes
• Antiochus XII Dionysus
• Antiochus XIII Asiaticus

• Antiochus was the father of Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid Dynasty

It is also the name of Antiochus Hierax, the rebel brother of Seleucus II Callinicus

Antiochus is also the name of four rulers of the small middle-eastern kingdom of Commagene:

• Antiochus I Theos of Commagene
• Antiochus II of Commagene
• Antiochus III of Commagene
• Antiochus IV of Commagene, who ruled during the time of Caligula;

Antiochus is also a common name in Ancient Greece, referring to: philosophers:

• Antiochus of Ascalon, philosopher born late second c. B.C.; died c. 68/67 B.C.. skeptic and member of Plato's Academy
• Antiochus of Athens (1st or 2nd c. A.D.), philosopher and astrologer.
• Antiochus of Syracuse, historian of c. 425 BCE