Ruler · 173 – 162 BCE

Antiochus V Eupator

Lived 173 – 162 BCE; monarch. Seleucid ruler of Seleucid Empire, 163 BCE – 161 BCE.

Wikidata's English label: Antiochus V.

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Lived: 173 BCE – 162 BCE; 11 years
In office: 2 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Seleucid Empire
Left it: dates disagree; read off the dates alone

Seleucid ruler

Seleucid Empire · the 11th of 15 dated reigns · 312 BCE – 64 BCE

7 before

Antiochus210 BCE – 193 BCE

Seleucus IV Philopator187 BCE – 175 BCE

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

1 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 163 BCE – 161 BCE · 2 years · came to it aged 10

Came to it: appointedthe child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: dates disagreeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 161 BCE, after the death recorded in 162 BCE

He was appointed as king by the Romans with his protector Lysias as regent.

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