Ruler · 151 – 145 BCE

Alexander Balas

Lived 151 – 145 BCE. Seleucid ruler of Seleucid Empire, 150 BCE – 146 BCE.

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Lived: 151 BCE – 145 BCE; 6 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Seleucid Empire
Left it: killed; the ruler's own article

Seleucid ruler

Seleucid Empire · the 13th of 15 dated reigns · 312 BCE – 64 BCE

9 before

Antiochus IV Epiphanes175 BCE – 164 BCE

Antiochus V Eupator163 BCE – 161 BCE

Demetrius I Soter161 BCE – 150 BCE

Alexander Balas150 BCE – 146 BCE

Antiochus XII Dionysus87 BCE – 82 BCE

Antiochus XIII Asiaticus69 BCE – 64 BCE

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 150 BCE – 146 BCE · 4 years · came to it aged 1

Left it: killedread from the ruler's own article

Alexander now fled to Arabia in order to join up with Zabdiel, but he was killed.

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