Antiochus VI Dionysus
Antiochus VI Dionysus: name of a Seleucid king, ruled from 145/144 to 140.
Successor of: Alexander I Balas
Relatives
- Father: Alexander I Balas
- Mother: Cleopatra Thea (daughter of Ptolemy VI Philometor)
Main deeds
- Born c.147
- 145/144: The child's father is dethroned by Demetrius II Nicator, but the boy's life is saved by Diodotus Tryphon, who proclaims him king
- 141 or 140: Killed by Diodotus, who claims the throne for himself
Succeeded by: Diodotus Tryphon
Sources:
- 1 Maccabees, 11-13
- Appian of Alexandria, Syrian Wars, 68
- Diodorus of Sicily, Library of World History, 32.9d-10, 33.4a, 33.28
- Flavius Josephus, Jewish War, 1.48
- Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 13.131, 144ff, 176, 218-219
- Livy, Periochae 55.11