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Antioch Antiochus Seleucus I Antiochus VIII Ptolemaic Tryphaena Seleucus VI Philip I Demetrius III Antiochus XII Eusebius

1) The name Antiochus comes from Greek and means "resolute in contention". 2) Antioch, the capital of Syria, was named after Antiochus, the father of its founder King Seleucus I. 3) In 113 BC, Antiochus IX declared himself king and started a civil war against his half-brother Antiochus VIII over control of the Seleucid throne, a conflict that lasted over 15 years.

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Antioch Antiochus Seleucus I Antiochus VIII Ptolemaic Tryphaena Seleucus VI Philip I Demetrius III Antiochus XII Eusebius

1) The name Antiochus comes from Greek and means "resolute in contention". 2) Antioch, the capital of Syria, was named after Antiochus, the father of its founder King Seleucus I. 3) In 113 BC, Antiochus IX declared himself king and started a civil war against his half-brother Antiochus VIII over control of the Seleucid throne, a conflict that lasted over 15 years.

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The name Antiochus is of Greek etymology and means "resolute in contention".

[1] The capital of
Syria, Antioch, was named after Antiochus, father of the city's founder, King Seleucus I (reigned
305–281 BC);[2] this name became dynastic and many Seleucid kings bore it.[3][4] In c. 124
BC Antiochus VIII married the Ptolemaic princess Tryphaena, who died in 109 BC.[5][6] The couple
had many children, including Seleucus VI, the eldest; Antiochus XI and Philip I;[7] their younger
brother Demetrius III;[8] and the youngest Antiochus XII.[9] The mother of Philip I was mentioned
explicitly as Tryphaena by the 4th-century historian Eusebius, who also mentioned that Antiochus XI
and Philip I were twins (didymoi).[10] Antiochus XI's date of birth is unknown, but by the time he came
to power he was at least in his twenties.[11]
In 113 BC, Antiochus IX declared himself king and started a civil war against his half-brother
Antiochus VIII. The conflict between the brothers would last a decade and a half; [12] it claimed the life
of Tryphaena and ended with the assassination of Antiochus VIII at the hands of his
minister Herakleon of Beroia in 96 BC.[13] In the aftermath of Antiochus VIII's death, Antiochus IX took
the capital Antioch and married Antiochus VIII's second wife and widow, Cleopatra Selene.[13] The
sons of Antiochus VIII responded; Demetrius III took Damascus and ruled it,[14] while Seleucus VI
killed Antiochus IX in 95 BC and took Antioch. [15] The new king was defeated by Antiochus IX's
son Antiochus X (r. 95–92/88 BC), who took the capital.[16] Seleucus VI escaped
to Mopsuestia in Cilicia where he was killed by rebels in 94 BC.[17]

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