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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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Some 150 years after Alexander's death, the Greek Syrian ruler Antiochus IV, Epiphanies -- ``god incarnate,'' as he referred to himself -- instituted policies that were completely opposite of Alexander's.
OPPRESSION BREEDS RELIGIOUS REVOLUTION by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The two greatest twentieth-century scholars of the Maccabean revolt, Elias Bickermann (3) and Victor Tcherikover (4), each placed the blame on the policies of the Jewish leaders and not on the Seleucid ruler, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, but for different reasons.
The revolt of the Maccabees by Doran, Robert / The National Interest
The Book of Daniel is set in a time in which the Israelites were dominated and persecuted by the cruel ruler Antiochus IV Epiphanes, probably about 165 B.
Apocalypse now and then by Dreyer, Elizabeth / U.S. Catholic
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