Ruler · 286 – 246 BCE

Antiochus II Theos

Lived 286 – 246 BCE. Seleucid ruler of Seleucid Empire, 261 BCE – 246 BCE.

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Lived: 286 BCE – 246 BCE; 40 years
In office: 15 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Seleucid Empire
Left it: dates disagree; read off the dates alone

Seleucid ruler

Seleucid Empire · the 4th of 15 dated reigns · 312 BCE – 64 BCE

Seleucus I Nicator312 BCE – 281 BCE

Antiochus I Soter281 BCE – 261 BCE

Seleucus280 BCE – 266 BCE

Antiochus II Theos261 BCE – 246 BCE

Seleucus II Callinicus246 BCE – 225 BCE

Seleucus III Ceraunus225 BCE – 223 BCE

Antiochus III the Great224 BCE – 187 BCE

8 after

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 261 BCE – 246 BCE · 15 years · came to it aged 25

Came to it: inheritedthe sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: dates disagreeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 246 BCE, after the death recorded in 247 BCE

He succeeded his father Antiochus I Soter in the winter of 262–61 BC.

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