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Antiochus
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An·ti·o·chus  (n-t-ks)
A Seleucid dynasty ruling in Syria (280-64 b.c.). Its most important member was Antiochus III, known as "the Great" (242-187, ruled 223-187), who conquered much of Asia Minor but was defeated by the Romans in 190.


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For example, the Jewish community's celebration of Hanukkah, the Feast of Lights, commemorates the violent Maccabbean revolt against the Seleucid Empire led by Antiochus Epiphanes.
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The first book of Maccabees deals with a period of forty years, extending from the accession of Antiochus Epiphanes (175 BCE) to the death of Simon the Hasmonean (135 BCE).
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Israel fell under the rule of Antiochus Epiphanes of Syria.
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