Antiochus (son of Antiochus III the Great)

Antiochus (221 BC-193 BC) was a Greek Seleucid Prince, first born child to the Seleucid Monarchs Antiochus III the Great and Laodice III and his father’s first heir. [1]

Antiochus was of Greek Macedonian and Persian descent. In 210 BC his father made him joint king, when Antiochus III went off to the East on his great expedition. He was partly in command of the Seleucid army at the victory at Panion in 200 BC. [2] He is not recorded to have any real independent authority, but he was appointed a viceroy of the Eastern Seleucid Provinces. Antiochus is named in several decrees and letters with his father. [3] In 196 BC, Antiochus was appointed as father’s first heir to the Seleucid throne. [4] In that year, his father arranged for him to marry his younger sister Laodice IV. [5] The marriage between Laodice IV and Antiochus was the first sibling marriage to occur in the Seleucid dynasty. [6] From their sibling union Laodice IV bore Antiochus a daughter called Nysa. [7]

Antiochus III appointed his sister-wife in 193 BC, as the chief priestess of the state cult dedicated to their late mother Laodice III in Media. [8] Later that year, Antiochus died. His family were in complete grief of his death, in particular Antiochus III. [9] Antiochus was succeeded by his first young brother Seleucus IV Philopator. [10]

References

  1. ^ http://www.livius.org/la-ld/laodice/laodice_iii.html
  2. ^ Grainger, A Seleukid prosopography and gazetteer p.p. 36-37
  3. ^ Grainger, A Seleukid prosopography and gazetteer p.p. 36-37
  4. ^ http://www.livius.org/am-ao/antiochus/antiochus_iii.html
  5. ^ http://www.livius.org/la-ld/laodice/laodice_iii.html
  6. ^ Grainger, A Seleukid prosopography and gazetteer p.p. 36-37
  7. ^ http://www.livius.org/la-ld/laodice/laodice_iv.html
  8. ^ Grainger, A Seleukid prosopography and gazetteer p. 48
  9. ^ Grainger, A Seleukid prosopography and gazetteer p.p. 36-37
  10. ^ http://www.livius.org/am-ao/antiochus/antiochus_iii.html
  11. ^ Laodice III, prior to her marriage to Antiochus III the Great, was a Princess of Pontus and was styled as such.

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