Ruler · 151 – 84 BCE

Antiochus XII Dionysus

Lived 151 – 84 BCE. Seleucid ruler of Seleucid Empire, 87 BCE – 82 BCE.

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Lived: 151 BCE – 84 BCE; 67 years
In office: 5 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Seleucid Empire
Left it: killed; the ruler's own article

Seleucid ruler

Seleucid Empire · the 14th of 15 dated reigns · 312 BCE – 64 BCE

10 before

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 87 BCE – 82 BCE · 5 years · came to it aged 64

Left it: killedread from the ruler's own article

After several victories in his first campaign, he was killed towards the end of his second campaign against the Nabateans at the Battle of Cana in 82 BC.

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