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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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From 312 BCE Seleucus I ruled Syria and Babylonia, while Ptolemy I ruled Judea until 198 BCE, when Antiochus III, having defeated the forces of Ptolemy V near the Jordan, took control of Judea (see Grabbe and Schurer).
Time, communion, and ancestry in African biblical interpretation: a ... by Aguilar, Mario I. / Biblical Theology Bulletin
From 312 BCE Seleucus I ruled in Syria and Babylon, while Ptolemy I ruled Judea until 198 BCE, when Antiochus III, having defeated the forces of Ptolemy V near the Jordan, took control of Judea.
Rethinking the Judean past: questions of history and a social ... by Aguilar, Mario I. / Biblical Theology Bulletin
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